Readers who were moved by the article on Kate Munger’s Threshold Choirs (‘It was the last time Mum smiled at me’: the choirs singing to the dying in three-part harmony, 17 November) may like to know that similarly, in the UK, Companion Voices sings for people at the end of life, creating a gentle supportive soundscape. Founded by Judith Silver 12 years ago, more than a dozen groups now offer this voluntary service across England, with more planned.
Kay Ashton
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
• John Crace’s analysis of Keir Starmer’s hapless, hopeless Labour government (‘I thought the grownups were back in charge!’: John Crace on how Labour shattered his expectations, 19 November) was, as usual, witty and shrewd – apart from his observation that the government’s right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. Actually, it’s worse than that: the right hand doesn’t even know what the right hand is doing.
Prof Chris Walsh
Hawarden, Flintshire
