Despite not wishing to give Mike Read’s Ukip calypso (Report, 24 October) any more attention than it deserves, I must point out there could be some plagiarism going on. The 1956 Harry Belafonte song Man Smart (Woman Smarter) which it appears to be based on was credited to King Radio (Norman Span). The notion of using calypso in an anti-immigrant discourse is bonkers, even for Ukip.
Bob (King Liar) Jones
Manchester
• You don’t suppose, do you, that the apparent lack of interest in DIY could have anything to do with a generation stuck with renting and therefore no incentive or opportunity to renovate (DIY stores are hammered by lack of do-it-yourself drive, 23 October)?
Henry Malt
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Steve Rose writes that Renée Zellweger, at 45, isn’t exactly in the Norma Desmond league (My face is my brand, G2, 23 October). Not that far off. Norma Desmond was only 50, younger than Kristin Scott Thomas, Janet McTeer, Emma Thompson, Jodie Foster, to name but a few actors de nos jours. Something has changed, thank god.
Antoinette Jucker
London
• It struck me that, apart from on your spread describing how far women’s representation in sport had come, every photo in the 25 October Sport supplement was of a man and every contributor was male. A long way to go as far as the Guardian is concerned, evidently.
Chloe Tucknott
Tonbridge, Kent
• It’s easy for Mark Zuckerberg to appear charitable (The tyranny of life’s high achievers, 25 October) with the money he avoids in paying taxes. The reality is different.
Ad Mast
Stenalees, Cornwall
• Menopause symptoms last “two to five years”, Dr Dillner says (G2, 27 October). I wish! I’m in the 13th year with no end in sight. I wish I’d been warned.
Alison Markillie
Glastonbury, Somerset
