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I have shared the suffering that Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett faced as the veg box was finally cancelled (It’s my self-care tip of the year: I quit our local veg box scheme, and set my mind free, 16 September). But that is only the beginning. I struggle with grimy clothes and soiled dishes as I reluctantly persevere with eco washing and laundry products. As I gallantly scrub at stains and unmoved matter after a very expensive premium eco wash, the only thing that seems clean is my conscience.
Chris Kington
Cambridge

• Maybe the solution to Britain’s poor performance at Eurovision (UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs, 18 September) is to admit that we, as a nation, are unpopular in Europe and our next, if not annual, entry should be a take on the Millwall FC refrain, sung to the tune of Sailing: “We are Britain / No one likes us / We don’t care”.
Colin Burke
Cartmel, Cumbria

• What might we call the process by which the smaller nations depart the United Kingdom described by Simon Jenkins (Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK, 18 September). Exbrit, perhaps?
Dave Hunter
Bristol

• Re Roger Wilkinson’s drawer full of clothes that are “unfit for anything but gardening” (Letters, 15 September), I suggest he take up oil painting to get greater use out of his bottom drawer.
Cathy Parker
Cambridge

• Safe travels, Phil Gates (Country diary, 19 September). Long may seeds travel with you.
Neville Goodman
Bristol

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