Once again, an article suggesting we go foraging for wild mushrooms (I travel across Britain foraging wild food. Here’s what to look for, and where, 30 September). In the same week, you reported that fungi are among our most threatened wildlife. Parasols are elegant, ceps are a lovely sticky brown; all are a joy to be seen by everyone, not foraged by the few. Next spring, will you run articles about how we can make our kitchens prettier by foraging primroses and bluebells?
Richard Wheal
Dorchester, Dorset
• While making silly noises about local councils telling us when we can go shopping (From 15-minute cities to bananas: why do Tories seem to be bending the truth?, 4 October), Mark Harper, the transport secretary, should remember that for many of us it is the privatised bus operators, often dependent on grants from his department, who determine this aspect of our lives.
Geoff Reid
Bradford
