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Acting like a moth in the flame of carnality | Brief letters


Your report on how artificial light can lure moths to their deaths and obscure mating signals (Artificial light blamed for ‘insect apocalypse’, 23 November) reminded me of the great actor Joan Sanderson who, when addressing another’s supposed lust in the film Please Sir!, said: “You are as a moth in the flame of carnality!”
Stefan Badham
Portsmouth, Hampshire

Is it just me or is Boris more regularly on the front page during this election than any other party leader in the UK? Just as he was on the front page during the Tory leadership contest. And we know how that turned out.
Sheila Deegan
Dublin

Why isn’t the £350m per week for the NHS promised by Boris Johnson in the 2016 referendum a promise in his Conservative party manifesto?
Richard McIlwraith
Godalming, Surrey

Two articles in one edition (20 November) reminded me why the Guardian is so inspiring: “Meet the new altruists”, which interviewed people giving business services for free to disadvantaged people, and the article on the amazing Copenhagen children’s home. Both were a great antidote to toxic election politics.
Angela Ford
Cullompton, Devon

Apparently Lenny Bernstein pronounced his name “Bernsteen” until he wished to be thought of as a more serious musician, whereupon he became Leonard Bernstein, to rhyme with Rubinstein (Letters, 22 November).
Gillian Bassett
Great Barford, Bedfordshire

In the printed version of Aretha Franklin’s greatest songs (G2, 22 November) there was no sign of I Say A Little Prayer – her biggest hit as a solo performer!
Barry and Joy Norman
Drighlington, West Yorkshire

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