As Giles Fraser points out (How to defeat terrorists? Extremism, 23 December), “Moses and Jesus and Muhammad were all extremists. They trusted in God over their instincts.” You also reported that Trump, president-elect of the notably churchgoing USA, “calls for nuclear arsenal to be expanded”. Does that make him an extremist or a terrorist?
Kit Hill
Axminster, Devon
• When are we going to hear about civilian casualties in Mosul (Assad in control, 23 December)?
Tim Barlow
Chester
• As a native of southern suburbia transplanted to Cheshire over 30 years ago and a mere five miles from Northwich, I was entranced by words like lozzack (Letters, 21 December), not to mention wazzock, as in “You spawny-eyed wazzock”.
Margaret O’Connell
Wincham, Cheshire
• Does no Guardian reader watch TV before 6pm? A new subscriber, I find it odd and inconvenient that no earlier listings are provided. I don’t like to think that my attempt to find serious journalism means I can’t watch the occasional cowboy in the afternoon.
Don Abbey
Birmingham
• Not only fans of Bruckner, but also fans of Massive Attack have heard of Heligoland: it’s the title of their great 2010 album (The world’s powers have to resolve their remnants of empire, 23 December).
Alex Faulkner
Lewes, East Sussex
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