Thanks for Ryan Gilbey’s interview with Southwark’s favourite son (G2, 31 August), but please spare us the “winces”. Nothing about Michael Caine’s observations that black teenagers are killing each other in turf wars is the slightest bit racist. I really don’t need the Guardian to act as my word police.
Terry Hunt
London
• How wonderful that £9m has been allocated to save the Welsh rainforests (Endangered rainforest in Wales to be restored with help from EU, 29 August). Now, how about £9m to save the hundreds of derelict vernacular buildings scattered throughout the Welsh countryside for use by and for local communities?
Joanie Speers
Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire
• I was extremely surprised to find that the answer to 26 across (Quick crossword, 30 August), “ordained ministers”, was “clergymen”. Does the Guardian’s equal opportunities policy not cover the puzzles? Pedanticus would not be impressed.
Fiona Collins
Corwen, Sir Ddinbych
• My greatest shock to the fact there was no Bennett in the Wordsearch list (Letters, 30 August) was that the letter did not come from Gordon.
Roger Brake
Shaftesbury, Dorset
• Could the demise of Wonga (Report, 31 August) coincide with the mysterious disappearance of the government’s celebrated magic money tree?
Ian Grieve
“Gordon Bennett”, Llangollen canal
• After having his fingers bitten, my husband, another erstwhile deliverer of political leaflets, was advised to use a kitchen spatula to open letterboxes (Letters, 31 August).
Ann Newell
Thame, Oxfordshire
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