We’ve reached a good compromise on the question of charging your children rent (Letters, 14 May). I do not charge my daughter rent, but she gives the amount she would pay in rent to charity each month. She varies the charity, and so far she has included the Motor Neurone Disease Association (her mother, my wife, died an awful death from MND), multiple sclerosis-related charities (I have MS), animal/insect-related charities and the RNLI.
James Catmur
Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire
• I totally agree – Arwa Mahdawi should not be afraid to wear a keffiyeh in public (14 May). Likewise, I should not be afraid to wear a kippah. Sadly, such is not the case as ignorance, bigotry and dogmatism seem to outweigh common sense these days.
Mark Kirby
Hockley, Essex
