Dial N for nostalgia: landlines are back
I can't believe it has taken 40 years and a thinktank to realise the bleeding obvious about the sale of council housing (Right to buy in England 'fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn', 3 August). Wrong policy from the very beginning – and the fact it continued for so long is nothing short of scandalous.Margaret VandecasteeleCupar, Fife
Moving away from cremation and biodegradable burial (, why aren't more people donating their bodies to medical research? There is a national shortage at present. No miserable funeral, but if your nearest and dearest want to have a get together to recognise your life, they can. And that's free.Dr Derek MiddlemissCollingham, Nottinghamshire
RIP Tom Lehrer (Obituary, 29 July). Still crazily prophetic after all these years: 'When the air becomes uraneous / We will all go simultaneous' (We Will All Go Together When We Go, 1958).Noel HessLondon
Songs by actors ranked (31 July) and no Lee Marvin with Wand'rin' Star. Shame!Andrew BaileyGresford, Wrexham
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