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Letters

Rolling Stones’ Darryl Jones not just a spare part

Keith Richards and bass player Darryl Jones
Keith Richards and bass player Darryl Jones, who, despite replacing Bill Wyman 23 years ago, is still not included in Rolling Stones band photos, Graham Larkbey points out. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/Reuters

As a lifelong Rolling Stones fan who fully recognises their genuine respect for the blues and its heritage (Reviews, G2, 25 November), I find it all the more disappointing that their (black) bass player Darryl Jones is not included in band photos and still appears to be treated as a mere hired hand, 23 years after he replaced Bill Wyman.
Graham Larkbey
London

• Nick Wyatt (Letters, 28 November) asks how many bathtubs make one Wales. You can’t equate a measure of volume with one of area, but for the record, if all of the sugary drinks consumed by 11- to 18-year-olds in one year were poured over Wales, the resulting sticky mess would be about an inch deep.
Dr David Harper
Cambridge

Conundrum: I share the cost of the Guardian with my husband. He reads all the sport section, I find so little reporting of women’s sport that I don’t bother. What percentage should I pay or just continue to use it to light the fire?
Jenny Jeater
Hassocks, West Sussex

• No wonder there are so many estate agents – I learn that not only do they charge me as a landlord a fee for making the inventory of the flat at the change of tenants, they charge the tenant as well (Unfair letting fees ban? Truth is the agents just got too greedy, 26 November).
Mette Marston
London

• Is it really such a shock that Ed’s gone (Last dance for Balls as he steps out of Strictly, 28 November)? Perhaps the voters who challenged the system by backing someone with little expertise beyond buffoonery withdrew their support when they realised where it might lead. Strangely comforting.
John Cranston
Norwich

• If the US president-elect backs down on his promise to build a wall on the Mexican border perhaps he could construct a Trump-l’oeil instead (The billionaire cowboy builder, G2, 28 November).
David Griffith
London

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• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

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