Emine Saner (Don’t check the clock! 15 ways to get back to sleep when you wake at 3am, 3 August) missed my top tip to avoid being awake at 3am. Get a pillow speaker, tune in to the BBC World Service, and drift off back to sleep to the sound of news reports from around the world.
Ian Ferguson
Pickering, North Yorkshire
• Re the best strategy for going back to sleep, I have discovered that if I lie down on the very edge of the bed, I soon drop off.
Adrian Brodkin
London
• It would be nice if you could find an alternative word to “modest” in describing the wearing of the hijab (Move over Barbie, Hijarbie is back – to celebrate Muslim fashion and culture, 3 August). I completely defend the right of women to wear the hijab if they choose to, but find offensive the implication that by not covering my hair, I am somehow being immodest.
Hildegard Dumper
Nailsea, Somerset
• If Adrian Chiles (Want a glimpse of dystopia? Visit the self-service checkouts, 2 August) wants chat and help, he should come to the Co-op in Chipping Norton. He can have excellent free coffee from a machine, comfy chairs, people to chat to, books to borrow. And assistants to help with anything, including replenishing the coffee machine with real milk.
Margaret Bruce
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
• As an introvert, at times I do prefer to use self-service machines. But I’d take the option of talking to a human over the latest “innovation” at a local Sainsbury’s. At the self-checkout area you have to retain your receipt and scan it to open the barrier before you can leave.
Ingrid Warren
Oxford
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