Your review of the second Paw Patrol movie (12 October) refers to “puppy heroes saving their perpetually endangered home town, Adventure City”. Actually, they normally reside in Adventure Bay, which should be considered their home town (though they moved to Adventure City in the first film). Any parent who has been subjected to this franchise on hard rotation in a Ludovico-technique manner, as many of us have, would know this after the first 1,000 episodes or so.
Dr John Mellors
Liverpool
• Re overcrowded prisons (17 October), I once asked a friend who worked in a large prison how many prisoners would be left if we removed ex-military personnel, care leavers and those with mental health and addiction problems. After much thought, the reply came: “None.”
Peggy Sellers
Pickering, North Yorkshire
• The same clue appeared in the quick crossword on 13 and 17 October: dilettante. The answer was also the same: amateur. But a dilettante is a superficial dabbler, while an amateur is a devoted lover.
Judith Abbs
London
• What’s the difference between “game” and “sport” (Letters, 17 October)? The shot are game; for the shooters it’s sport.
Hal Dunkelman
Bampton, Oxfordshire
• Some may enjoy the book by the Smiths’ former guitarist, but not everyone is interested in guitars. J’en ai marre (Interview, 16 October).
Chris Bowden
Davenham, Cheshire
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