Funny how “nothing is off the table” for Rishi Sunak when it comes to supplying Ukraine with expensive armaments (Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes appeal for jets in address to British parliament, 8 February), and yet nothing is on the table to negotiate with all those striking public sector workers whose salaries have been seriously eroded by inflation and who have a reduced standard of living.
Vicky Wolmuth
London
• On Tuesday, at zero temperature, we saw a tortoiseshell butterfly alight on the wall of the M&S store in Biggleswade. A moment to treasure, and to remind us about how climate change is threatening the lives of this and other delicate creatures. I’d be relieved to be told that butterflies can withstand these kinds of temperatures.
Michael Newman
Shefford, Bedfordshire
• Opening Tuesday’s Guardian, I had the most wonderful surprise. There was my name spread across G2. Unfortunately, you printed the wrong picture of me (instead it was one of some costume designer), but I am still very happy. Thank you.
Patricia Field
Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire
• Re Rebecca Solnit’s article (The serious side of ‘mansplaining’ has been lost. That’s where the harm begins, 9 February), last week I attended The Songs of Jim McLean, a concert in Glasgow. During the interval, a man asked me if I liked the songs. “Yes,” I replied. “But I’ve heard them all before.”
Jim McLean
London
• Re HS2 cost-cutting, when can we expect the announcement that it will terminate at Heathrow, with onward travel by plane (HS2: ministers to cut services and speeds to drive down costs, reports say, 7 February)?
Peter Fellows
Bradford
