Having received an email from John Crace inviting me to join him, Marina Hyde and Pippa Crerar for an evening event on Tuesday 3 December, I would just say that, much as I love John Crace, it’s obvious that he is a Spurs supporter, as he has picked the night that Arsenal are hosting Manchester United, so all good Guardian-reading Gooners like me will be attending that event instead.
Helen Jenkins
London
I once wrote to Graham Rawle (Letters, 18 September) suggesting that he could also do Return of the Lost Consonant, eg “Men behaving baldly”. He replied some months later saying that he had just found my letter in a cardboard ox. This he later illustrated.
Alan Pearson
Durham
Rachel Reeves has announced plans to replace every painting in the state room at No 11 Downing Street with artworks of or by women (Report, 18 September). I think that Keir Starmer has a painting of a famous woman that he’d be happy to pass on.
James Wilkinson
Ford, Shropshire
The clue to Tupperware’s bankruptcy is in the reference to a Tupperware container dating from circa 1966 showing no sign of wear (Letters, 20 September). The manufacturers failed to observe the first rule of successful capitalism – built-in obsolescence.
Caroline Ewans
London
In your print edition (19 September), the report about the capybara that escaped from a zoo said: “On Tuesday night, Cinnamon, who is about the size of a labrador, was seen using a thermal drone…” What a clever animal.
David Hitchin
Seaford, East Sussex
