In previous years, there has been animated discussion about the suitability of some of the traditional musical items in the Last Night of the Proms. But I could not help noticing the preponderance of one flag being displayed by this year’s audience – that of the European Union. Quite a difference from the ugly events on the streets of London a few hours earlier.
Dr George Mowat-Brown
Haytor Vale, Devon
• It is an indication of Nigel Farage’s “patriotic” England, where “free speech” is paramount, that some of your correspondents critical of the far-right’s flag-waving behaviour are fearful of having their names published (Letters, 14 September).
Dougie Mitchell
Doune, Perthshire
• Full-body deodorants and antiperspirants are potentially harmful products that are being forced on consumers by the beauty industry (The big stink: is ‘genital anxiety’ behind the rapid rise of whole-body deodorants?, 10 September). Many contain endocrine disruptors that disrupt our hormones. Sweating and body odour is natural. It shouldn’t be made into something shameful.
Cora Benzie
Barcelona, Spain
• To save money as a junior doctor in London in the 1960s, my wife and I gave up our flat and moved, unofficially, into my single room and single bed in the staff residency at Mount Vernon hospital (Letters, 12 September).
James Willis
Alton, Hampshire
• Twelve new nuclear reactors agreed and no mention of the radioactive waste (UK and US line up string of deals to build modular nuclear reactors in Britain, 15 September).
Peter Gray
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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