Recent research found that one in three students starting university this year may opt to live at home (Report, 10 August). For those who live in rural communities, this isn’t an option. I grew up in rural Wales, and the nearest universities would have taken two or three hours to reach by public transport. For disadvantaged rural students, the choice won’t be moving into halls or commuting to university; it’s likely to be not going to university at all.
Siân Lawrence
PhD student, Durham University
• I am not a Roman Catholic, but I strongly object to this misuse of a key element of Catholic doctrine (Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall, 9 August). This is not purgatory; it is a Tory-created living hell.
Paul Hunt
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
• Were the researchers also able to ascertain the religious preferences of the pope or the preferred location for defecation by bears (People texting while walking more likely to have accidents, study confirms, 8 August)?
Steve Mills
Uphall, West Lothian
• At last, a reassuring headline (Walking just 4,000 steps a day can cut risk of dying from any cause, analysis finds, 9 August). There was I thinking that death was inevitable.
Peter Cogman
Southampton
• A reliable method of getting to sleep (Letters, 6 August) is to play Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass’s album Take Love Easy. I challenge anyone to stay awake for the second track.
Rob Parrish
Starcross, Devon
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