Concerning your editorial (The Guardian view on women in the Catholic church: let down yet again, 13 October), it may be worth pondering that the great defender of Catholicism, Thomas More, included in his Utopia (1516) the following description: “Male priests are allowed to marry – for there’s nothing to stop a woman from becoming a priest, although women aren’t often chosen for the job, and only elderly widows are eligible.”
Rt Rev Dr Graham Kings
Hon assistant bishop, Diocese of Ely
• If we apply Zeno’s paradox to the health benefits of rest gaps between short bursts of walking (Strolls with stops use more energy than continuous walking, scientists show, 16 October) then not moving seems to be the healthiest option.
Pete Bibby
Sheffield
• Adrian Chiles says a duck is “a nice, friendly thing” (I’m happy to be called love, bab or even pet. But I’d travel miles to be someone’s duck, 10 October). He obviously hasn’t seen male mallards during the mating season.
Shirley Williams
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
• Three pages of your Sport section (12 October) devoted to billionaires’ boats? Feels like a throwback to my first Guardian-reading days, when they used to cover real tennis and men’s lacrosse (but not horse racing).
Douglas Graham
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
• “Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres” (15 October) sounds suspiciously like a suppressed verse from the Book of Revelation.
Peter Stewart
London
• Charity shops in this area are ahead of the 1p and 2p abolishers – they round up to the nearest pound (Letters, 14 October).
Moira Robinson
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
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