How refreshing and inspiring it is to read your Other Lives section. I cannot help but compare each noble, extraordinary person who is portrayed and brought to life in these obituaries with our prime minister. As a coping strategy, I now read them before catching up with Boris Johnson’s latest ruse as he adapts the truth and the rules to suit his own needs, lack of moral integrity and “standards”.
Viv Thorpe
Bottesford, Leicestershire
• I grew up in Grimsby, and in the early 1970s we had our own bucket fountain (Letters, 1 June), built when the town centre was modernised. It was usually bubbling, as washing powder was routinely added to the water by persons unknown. It was ahead of its time and ultimately removed. I hope it has been preserved somewhere.
Susan Fisher
London
