While I am pleased to see Prince William appear on the front cover of an LGBTQ magazine (Report, 16 June), in 2016 such behaviour is very safe. By contrast, his mother supported causes which others wouldn’t go near at the time. If William wishes to be more than a cover-model then he needs to speak against the homophobia of the Church of England, of which he will one day be head.
Kevin Sullivan
London
• So, a primary school in Birmingham (Report, 14 June) gives pupils the opportunity to decide their gender and to wear either trousers or skirts but paradoxically refuses to let them choose not to wear a uniform. In a very English piece of “triangulation”, the headteacher can hold the belief that “children have the right to express their own identity in a way that is most comfortable for them” at the same time as doing “battle with children who don’t wear uniform”.
Ian McCormack
Leicester
• What a wonderful, inspiring article (Netherlands landlord offers tenants €100 rent cut for helping refugees, theguardian.com, 16 June). And what an example to others. Good work, Guardian.
Mora McIntyre
Hove
• Tell Roger Day (Letters, 16 June) that the revolution has already begun in Wiltshire. Last month, the Lib Dems gained Amesbury East from the Tories with a stunning majority of five.
Rod Harrington
Taunton, Somerset
• In answer to John G Moorhead’s request (Letters, 13 June), a Swiss friend assured me that cats were sometimes the only source of food for the poor of her grandparents’ generation. These creatures were known locally as roof rabbits.
Kate Dillon
Norwich
• My favourite word (Letters, 16 June) is “sump” – ugly as a thing, but stunning in terms of its aural effect.
Janet Fraser
Twickenham, Middlesex
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