The world is heading for climate burnout. Inflation spirals upwards and hundreds of thousands fall into poverty. The government is led by a law-breaking narcissist, ridiculed by many in his own party and most of the country. And in the Guardian I open the magazine to see a page and a half devoted to resolving the conundrum: “Should my husband stop dusting with a dry cloth?” (You be the judge, 21 May). No room is dark enough to lie down in.
Richard Barnard
Wivenhoe, Essex
• Mary Anning (Statue of fossil-hunting pioneer Mary Anning to be unveiled in Dorset, 21 May) was on the curriculum in 1972. I covered her work with a class of eight-year-olds. Admittedly, I had never heard of her, but this deficit was made good by an excellent TV series by the BBC schools service.
Linda Weir
Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
