David Wilkinson’s letter distinguishing Flatford mill’s pond from its pool in Constable’s The Hay Wain (Letters, 16 July) reminded me of a complaint to the BBC many years ago, pointing out that the brief owl hoot featured in an episode of The Archers was from the incorrect species, given the season and location. My shattered belief system forbade me from listening to The Archers since. And now I can’t look a Constable in the eye.
Richard O’Brien
Highbridge, Somerset
• Brian Redhead’s best line on the Today programme (Letters, 17 July) was his mischievous and brief weather forecast: “Bright in the north, dull in the south. Just like the people, really.” After a long run of southerners in No 10, we are about to find out if he was correct.
David Beake
Sheringham, Norfolk
• Chris Walters’ father may have been right that England will never win the World Cup again in our lifetime (Letters, 17 July), but six goals against arguably the best team in the world, in a thrilling 10-goal match, is pretty special.
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
• Dear Andy Burnham, please don’t ban yorkshire puds with Christmas dinner (Report, 17 July). My son, who has autism, won’t eat potatoes (it’s a texture thing) and needs the yorkshires for his carbs!
Rhona Bywater
Silkstone Common, South Yorkshire
• Polly Toynbee writes about Andy Burnham’s working-class assumption that dinner is a midday meal (Opinion, 20 July). At home we clarified it by asking: “Dinner at dinnertime or dinner at teatime?”
Leila Roberts
Mickley, North Yorkshire
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