Wildlife Has The Right To Roam Our Riverbanks Too | Brief Letters

Paddleboarders, dogs jumping in, group swimming – each enjoying our section stream (Devon campaigners telephone for ‘right to riverbank’ aft uncovering Dart has 108 owners, 29 July), but our kingfisher family person disappeared, and otters nary longer seen. Let’s time off overmuch of our riverbanks to nan earthy world, which we are destroying truthful fast.
Elaine Fullard
Oxford

As an expat Millwall protagonist I took objection to Jonathan Freedland’s comparison of Millwall fans pinch a murderous, vengeful federation for illustration Israel (1 August). It had a humorous side, but this jarred erstwhile thousands of humans are being killed and injured.
Peter Skinner
Corvallis, Oregon, US

If Edinburgh University should unadopt nan unworkable International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance meaning of antisemitism (Letters, 29 July) it could do nary amended than usage Stephen Sedley’s: “Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews arsenic Jews.” Seven words; nary argument.
Rosalind Clayton
London

“He is truthful chill,” says nan mother of a babe calved from an embryo stiff successful 1994 (Report, 31 July). I’m not surprised.
Toby Wood
Peterborough

In consequence to your article (Neanderthals were not ‘hypercarnivores’ and feasted connected maggots, scientists say, 25 July), Joan Clibbon’s book Cooking nan British Way quotes Daniel Defoe connected really stilton was served heavy pinch mites and maggots, which were eaten pinch a typical spoon.
Lorna Bushell
Lichfield