Wooden buttons will only go so far in saving the planet
The search for wooden-buttoned trousers puts responsibility back on the consumer (The hidden plastics in our clothes – and how to avoid them, 12 February). We could be dressed head to toe in hand-woven yarns, but it’s the bigger change that’s needed. Wouldn’t this energy be far better spent on demanding political action to tackle the climate crisis?
Flora Bain
London
• I have been an avid reader of the Other Lives section for some years. As fame can come in so many ways, it’s enjoyable to read about quiet achievers – or the not so quiet. I was particularly taken by the obituary of Jenny Baynes (14 February), with Sue Gee writing that Baynes “once made me laugh so much that I had to lie down in the street”.
Claire Pillar
Silikou, Cyprus
• Arts Council England warns of “activity that might be viewed as controversial” (Arts Council England mired in row over ‘political statements’ warning, 14 February). In 1925, DH Lawrence wrote: “An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins.”
Prof Terry Gifford
Wookey, Somerset
• Five of the best campus novels (Books, 15 February)? You missed a trick: it’s traditionally six of the best, surely, which gives you the chance to include any or all of David Lodge’s Campus Trilogy.
Terry Walsh
Cartagena, Spain
• “Michelle Mone’s Monbeg Genius still on track to line up at Grand National” (20 February). Well, it would have to be, wouldn’t it? And will there be a fast track?
Mike Jones
Exeter
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