Julian Batsleer on the right to roam, Les Bright on the unlimited joys of being a rambler, and Mike Stein on walkers’ need for public transportThe landless many have always had to struggle for access to land owned by the few in order to engage in their…
Loss of school trips to the UK has been a Brexit tragedy | Letters
New visa requirements mean that EU students will go elsewhere, writes Karen Brandes, while Brigid Hoffmann worries about the consequences for language learningThe slump in school trips to the UK described in your article does not surprise me at all (‘A…
Lateral flow test shortage is a supply chain disaster | Letters
Readers on the government’s failure to adequately plan for a predictable shortfall of at-home Covid test kitsI spent an hour on Wednesday driving around trying to get hold of lateral flow tests for myself and my husband as we only have four left (Covid…
Mixing work with wine is a recipe for bad judgment | Letters
Readers express their disbelief at the government’s explanation for the lockdown gathering at Downing Street last yearJohn Harris’s article (The fatal weakness of the Conservatives is not seeing the kindness in most people, 19 December) carried the eve…
Neurodiversity and the problem with labels | Letter
Matthew Belmonte responds to an article on adults who were diagnosed with autism after their children wereIs it necessary to carry a diagnostic label simply to know oneself? Joanna Moorhead’s article suggests so, and this is a great shame (A lot fell i…
Human rights are being attacked by the government, not fine-tuned | Letters
Nick Moss says the struggle to defend and extend our rights has to be conducted on the streets, as well as in parliament and the courts. John Robinson fears that we are facing an existential attack on our democracyI agree with Martha Spurrier that this…
No 10’s sickening insult to all those who made sacrifices | Letters
Readers respond to the leaked video showing Downing Street officials joking about a Christmas party during last year’s lockdownMy initial reaction to hearing of the Christmas party and the fake news briefing was feeling as if I had been kicked in the s…
Keep rightwing politics out of arts funding | Letters
Granville Williams abhors the threats to institutions over research into slavery, while Christopher Gordon writes that Arts Council England has presided over a climate of fearThe mindset and language of Tory politicians discussing broadcasting and the …
Hostile asylum policies made tragedy inevitable | Letters
After at least 27 people lost their lives in a Channel boat crossing, readers discuss the government’s culpability in closing off safe routes for refugeesBoris Johnson describes himself as appalled at Wednesday’s Channel tragedy (Tragedy at sea claims …
Multiculturalism in the UK was rejected long ago | Letters
Bethan Benwell says it was actually New Labour that first turned its back on the findings of Lord Parekh’s report, while Martin Rose wonders if the phrase British Asian is itself a token of non-acceptanceIt is true that Lord Parekh’s report and its vis…