Hose been spoiling our summer fun? | Summer
As a customer who has long suffered from Yorkshire Water, I became subject to a ban on Hosepipe on July 11. The next day, I read in your Saturday magazine that I should animate my summer by transforming my garden into a water park: “Everything you need is a pipe …” (from Stargazing to Sushy-Making: 50 fresh ideas for a super cheap summer (some are even free), July 12). Do you take the piss? Hang on, you may have just gave me an idea to keep my garden washed down.
Paul Comish
Outforth, West Yorkshire
When Rafael Behr writes: “Ultranationalist ideology and a personality worship around the president are anchored throughout the public speech as a loyalty tests”, I had to check if it was referring to President Putin or Trump (Trump is not a reliable ally – but NATO dollars can be more persuasive than Putin propaganda, July 16).
Kevin Quinn
Musselburgh, East Lothian
Having read your home is a danger to health? 15 Astonishly dirty everyday articles, taps with toothbrushes (July 17), I concluded that, as my house is clearly a reproductive ground for insects, it is nothing less than miraculous than I survived in my 80s with few major diseases. It seems more likely that the continuation of the advice of the article could lead to a serious attack on neurosis.
Mary Gladman
Swindon
Reading the Guardian sometimes makes me ask me if we have to worry about everything.
Michael Fuller
Ampthill, Bedford
