“Under the makeup, Star Wars is just human wants and desires”: Lupita Nyong’o has it exactly. What else could it be?
david wright On theguardian.com
While religious terrorism dominates the headlines, it was frightening to read of the continuing sectarianism in Belfast. So what are the churches doing about the situation? Nothing, it seems. Draw down the walls? Seems like you have to wake up the brains and consciences first.
David Reed
London NW3
Harper Lee’s All My Christmases was not the first Guardian article to move me to tears in public, but it was the most recent.
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Of every 10 Lad Bible links on Facebook, seven will be utter guff, two will be vaguely smirk-inducing, and one will actually elicit a laugh or a shock (depending on what they’re going for). It’s a fun page to follow for funny videos, nothing more
Newbarbarian On theguardian.com
I was going to write to say how unnecessary it was to put Harry Styles in Going Down, but I didn’t want to reinforce the stereotype of One Direction fans being irrational and overly protective. (I appreciate the shout-out to Zayn’s hair, though).
Mary Murphy
Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland
Oliver Burkeman didn’t have to pay an “eye-watering” £68, even less an “absurdly expensive” £130, for How Writers Journey To Comfort And Fluency. Instead, he could have borrowed a copy from the British Library via his local public library. Charges for this service vary, but it would be much less.
Simon Green
Hull
Ruth Cruickshank may want the blind daters to fall in love, but give me a car crash date like Craig and Callum’s last week any time.
Nigel Woodcock
Chorlton, Manchester
It was great to see the much underrated east Norfolk coast in Let’s Move To…. Just a pity that the photograph of Happisburgh was so old: half the houses no longer exist thanks to erosion.
Stephen Burke
Happisburgh, Norfolk
Snooping Around: “It’s a shame that two footpaths and a right of way cross the estate” of Biggin farmhouse. Since when have you had it in for walkers legitimately enjoying the countryside?
David Gartside
Congleton, Cheshire
Catherine Bennett’s Modern Tribes provides sparkling insight into modern Britain – who knew we were a nation comprised mostly of tossers?
Bibi Cotman
Richmond, London
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