In the 1970s, a nursing colleague of mine talked about an Australian street food known as a “pie floater” (Letters, 30 June). This delicacy used to be sold from kerbside carts, and consisted of a meat pie, thick with gravy, served in a bowl, inverted and smothered in pea soup.
Melanie Hewitt
London
• During David Cameron’s term at No 10, my father was asked by his doctor for the name of the prime minister (Letters, 30 June). After a slight pause, my father replied: “I hate his guts!” The doctor laughed and, pointing at my father, he turned to me and said: “There’s nothing wrong with him!” End of memory test.
Brenda Cox
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
• I understand how John Crace feels when he says: “Sometimes I wonder if the more football that I watch, the less I understand the game” (Digested week, 26 June). I feel the same about people generally. The longer I live and the more I see of us humans, the less sense we make.
Dave Wieberg
Sheffield
• I see we are being encouraged to choose more sustainable swimwear (The filter, 29 June). I look forward to a revival of correspondence about the perils of the hand-knitted variety.
Pauline Jeffreys
Cardiff
• Given the contents of Andy Burnham’s speech on Monday, I presume you are about to become the Manchester Guardian again. The paper is a world-leading trendsetter and has never really left its roots.
Maxwell Rance
Crowcombe, Somerset
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