Whoever said that Wham! were received stone-faced by the audience at the miners’ benefit show in 1984 (Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael, 2 June) must have been at a different event to the one I attended, where the audience in front of me went wild for the band. The blinding white outfits and the energy put into Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go have stuck with me to this day, and made Arthur Scargill’s oratory seem pedestrian – and it ain’t often you can say that.
James Abbott
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• I am somewhat surprised that men have no need for swimwear to flatter tummies, that are underwired, are size-inclusive, best for bigger moobs or best for swimming.
(The 64 best bikinis, swimsuits and men’s trunks for summer 2026, 7 June).
Jane Nellist
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Might I suggest that you refer to Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as “Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, whose preferred nouns are Tommy Robinson”?
Terence Doohan
Cork, Ireland
• Alternative number bases can be fun (Letters, 11 June). Nowadays I give my age as 21. After the looks of disbelief, I add “in base 37”.
Pete Bibby
Sheffield
• As a tribute to David Hockney, who died this week, we should all try to do what he suggested: “Put your phone down. Look with both eyes.”
John Kirkwood
Sheffield
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