Covering a Vietnam war demo in Grosvenor Square in 1968, as a Guardian reporter, I was dipping in and out of the procession, getting quotes from protesters (The super-rich have done what protesters never could: taken over the US embassy in London, 22 July). Then a man sidled up and asked: “Are you from special branch too?”
Richard Bourne
London
• As a resident of SW19, may I point out that the Wombles live on Wimbledon Common, not in Wimbledon Park (Letters, 23 July).
Caroline Ewans
London
• I expect Nigel Farage to be on Gardeners’ Question Time soon, given that Reform UK have clearly found the fastest-growing species of magic money tree (Nigel Farage says Reform would spend over £17bn to halve UK crime, 21 July).
John Rushton
Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire
• I trust that Nigel Farage’s proposed crackdown on crime will include locking up far-right thugs who partake in anti-immigrant riots, or racist mobs who attack hostels that house asylum seekers.
Pete Dorey
Bath
• It felt obscene to be making bread this morning, let alone to eat it, after seeing the photograph on the front page of your print edition (‘We have faced hunger before, but never like this’, 24 July).
Joy McLaughlan
London
• This photo encapsulates all that is wrong with our world. It needs a cooperative international response. Time for another Band Aid?
James Jennette
Coventry
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