The search for wooden-buttoned trousers puts responsibility back on the consumer (The hidden plastics in our clothes – and how to avoid them, 12 February). We could be dressed head to toe in hand-woven yarns, but it’s the bigger change that’s needed. Wouldn’t this energy be far better spent on demanding political action to tackle the climate crisis?
Flora Bain
London
• I have been an avid reader of the Other Lives section for some years. As fame can come in so many ways, it’s enjoyable to read about quiet achievers – or the not so quiet. I was particularly taken by the obituary of Jenny Baynes (14 February), with Sue Gee writing that Baynes “once made me laugh so much that I had to lie down in the street”.
Claire Pillar
Silikou, Cyprus
