John Vidal’s excellent article discussed the bogus trade-off between cutting CO2 emissions and impacting our health, but has he never seen the chilling Who Killed The Electric Car? The mainstream political elite – in thrall to the lobbyists of the oil and automobile industries – let us all down, and we are paying the price through our lungs.
Nigel Woodcock
Stretford, Manchester
Taylor Wilson is The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper in the flesh. He’s also from the southern backwoods, was a child prodigy in physics, tried to import yellowcake uranium at a tender age, and attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his parents’ garage.
Paul Catlow
Heaton Norris, Cheshire
I was born and brought up on the Isle of Man, and while I would be happy to see tax havens closed, doing so would come at a cost – not for the “comeovers” (our term for those who move to the island), but for the locals. The comeovers will just move on, but the locals would be left with very little.
brnost On theguardian.com
I work as a physiotherapist for those with severe brain injuries, and am constantly astounded by the strength and love of the families I meet. My own father was hit on the road when I was a child, and died from his injuries. It ripped our family apart, but I often wonder how life might have been if he had lived.
erigby On theguardian.com
I remember hearing from my mother about the accident that blinded Meredith Plumb and her subsequent move to Spain for surgery, and I had wondered what became of her, because we are more or less contemporaries. Her account was a timely reminder of how lives have to be made sense of and continued after the spotlight fades.
Mary Finn
Morpeth, Northumberland
Those who recall Clive Anderson’s interview with the Bee Gees will be surprised to hear that the trait he most deplores in others is rudeness to people they think are beneath them.
Paul Roper
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
At last, some words by an atheist on faith schools that aren’t smug and snide. As a Christian, I find it hard having a faith in an increasingly secular world that mocks me daily, so I thank Sophie for an article that, while asserting her atheism, does not treat faith as something to be laughed at.
Ruth Williams
Bristol
“Faith” schools are funded by taxpayers, and can even be selective. We are supposed to be an integrated, more secular society, so why are there now more “faith” schools than ever? There are plenty of other “mad little cracks where the lights get in” for children to enjoy – try literature.
Devon Douglas
London SW2
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