Simon Hattenstone’s piece on Nicola Sturgeon was pitch perfect. Two points, though: one, she has to keep the prospect of a second referendum alive or she loses 200,000-300,000 voters; two, she needs to address the animalistic behaviour of male yes voters from last year. No doubt her laudable focus on women in society is a subtle attempt to do so.
Neil Woodcock
Edinburgh
Simon Hattenstone didn’t ask Nicola Sturgeon about her day job as first minister in Scotland. Instead of probing the SNP government’s far from radical or pro-public service record, he asked if she and her husband wanted children, and why she went on a diet.
Andrew Anderson
Edinburgh
An article about a man who spends £20 a week giving groceries to a food bank, and a single mother who is a beneficiary. Four pages later, Sally Cullen suggests we spend £2,195 on a bath and £2,300 on taps (Space special).
Valerie Cottle
Douglas, Isle of Man
My husband lost his job a few months ago. We are in debt, and renting on one salary with a child is tough. When there was a delay in receiving housing benefit, the choice was not to pay our rent and be evicted, go to a food bank or borrow more from family and friends. This government has caused a lot of misery, so thank you: we feel listened to.
Silvia Daley
Harrow
I love, love, love Rebel Wilson. A poster girl for modern feminism and a fantastic role model for body confidence.
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Please could Zoe Williams review cars that more of your readers might consider buying, and that are more in keeping with the Guardian’s planet-saving credentials, rather than wasting print on the fantasy, 26mpg, £66,000 Lexus, which by her own admission is a “heady waste”.
Richard Cooke
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Thanks to Patrick Sheehy for his piece on my photograph. I empathise with his feelings about being allocated an inaccurate job title. I took 100 photos that day in Leadenhall Market, and all the people I chatted to were in the financial sector. This is why I wrongly assumed he was a banker.
Mark Neville
London
Hadley Freeman rails against the “commodification of women’s bodies”. In the same issue, All Ages features five skinny women. Did I miss something?
Sheila Dainton
Petersfield, Hampshire
Jess Cartner-Morley is kidding about half-tuck shirts, right? I work in a secondary school; if the children or colleagues saw me in this, they wouldn’t get “beguiling insouciance”, they’d think I’d lost the plot.
Marina Sanchez
London N8
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