Fr Julian Dunn (Letters, 1 July) may be stirred to profane language about the dearth of poetry in the 100 best books for the summer piece, but he missed Raymond Antrobus’s The Perseverance in the section headed “Prize winners”. More would of course be welcome. How about a little Luke Wright to liven up an evening?
Tom Rank
Glossop, Derbyshire
• A poetry book for the summer? Fr Julian Dunn need look no further than any of Connie Bensley’s excellent collections.
Penny Brown
Lewes, East Sussex
• Campaigners think that the sounds proposed by Transport for London for electric buses are too futuristic. Perhaps they can imitate Steve Bell’s buses, trains and tractors (Sci-fi sounds to make electric buses safer hit wrong note for campaigners, 2 July), and go “boggler, boggler”. Preferably using a recording of Steve’s own wonderfully deep voice.
Dr Warren Kovach
Pentraeth, Anglesey
• A headline in the Guardian several years ago read “Arsonists told to keep away from matches”, which related to youths setting fire to a football stadium (Letters, 2 July).
Chris Jones
Bewdley, Worcestershire
• My friend Leila remembers a headline about a criminal act which took place on the Sunday after Easter in Sutton-in-Ashfield: “Low deed in Low Street on Low Sunday.”
Kate Groggins
Lincoln
• I appear to have the national collection of slugs and snails. But I am willing to relinquish a few if Ian Duncan (Letters, 2 July) or anyone else wants to restock their garden.
Maggie Johnston
St Albans, Hertfordshire
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