The grasshoppers may still be there, you just can’t hear them any more (Letters, 17 May). Grasshoppers and crickets “sing” at very high frequencies, and these can be lost as you age. A few years ago, while camping, my children complained about the crickets keeping them awake at night. “What crickets?” I asked. “I can’t hear any crickets!”
Carol Dunnett
Guildford, Surrey
• Ironic that the government rails against home working (Remote working is making the UK a more equal place – however much Jacob Rees-Mogg may sneer, 15 May). As MPs have habitually gone home on Thursday evenings and only attend parliament for 30 weeks a year, perhaps they could set a better example.
Paul Collins
Sale, Cheshire
• In your article about Stanley Johnson gaining French citizenship (theguardian.com, 20 May), you helpfully offer a translation of the French word désuétude, suggesting the English “disuse”. I wonder if that other fine old English word “desuetude” would fit even better.
Mark O’Sullivan
Bath
• Alasdair Donaldson avers that “You don’t fatten a pig by weighing it” (Letters, 20 May). I agree, but you can’t assess the increase in fat without weighing it at intervals.
Ian Wishart
Chislehurst, London
• While I agree with Lucy Mangan that “Wagatha Christie” is a clever coinage (Digested week, 20 May), surely Marina Hyde’s “Wagnarok” (13 May) more aptly captures the epic nature of events?
Richard Munro
Oxford
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