Flattering as it is to figure in Michael Cunningham’s statuary fantasy (Letters, 4 June), the bare fact is that nothing of mine has made it into your pink section since last September; many others will have far stronger claims to an erection in their memory – albeit in dreamland. Nine months of “mail impotency” testify to the infecundity of my ageing pen; is not an empty plinth, therefore, a more fitting metaphor?
Fr Alec Mitchell
Holyhead, Anglesey
• While there may not be enough statues of letter writers, I’m pleased that Michael Cunningham came out against the idea. I would prefer to avoid a premature appearance in Guardian obituaries – surely an essential requirement for a statue.
Keith Flett
London
• I must protest about Michael Cunningham’s fantasy square somewhere in England. The statues in each corner of his square are all male. Do women make no epistolary contributions to the Guardian?
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
• Dear Mr Cunningham, please stop giving my husband any further ideas to make him even more of a daily challenge. Since he read your letter I’ve had three days of questions on potential poses, from “what’s my best side?” to “would I look thinner sitting on a horse?”. He’s now practising his Christ the Redeemer look on the back of the boat.
Christine Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal
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