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SIR – The 150 Oxford dons who are boycotting Oriel College (report, June 10) are to be congratulated.

SIR – Esther McVey is spot on.

SIR – My mother’s wedding was both green and economical (Letters, June 3). She married in 1945, just after my father was demobbed, and made a rather impressive dress – complete with train – out of my father’s now redundant parachute. My father wore his RAF uniform, because he had no other suit. I can remember the parachute-silk petticoats my mother and I wore for many years afterwards, which she made from the dress and its remnants. Kate Alexander A pipe of peace SIR – Andrew Graham’s letter (June 3) reminded me of when carriages had corridors. Placing a pipe in my mouth, not ne...

Boris Johnson after his second Covid vaccination Credit: matt dunham/pa SIR – Prolonging current restrictions is now at odds with the data. Covid-19 is a respiratory disease that is said to spread in much the same way as influenza. Yet, despite lockdowns and precautions, deaths from influenza and pneumonia have been higher than Covid-19 since March. Office for National Statistics weekly figures put deaths involving influenza and pneumonia at 1,171 (the underlying cause in 287 cases). Deaths involving Covid-19 were 151 (the underlying cause in 108 cases). We should be making the most of the ...

27 May 2021 • 12:02am A man walks past a sign displaying Public Safety Advice about COVID-19 in Bolton town centre  Credit:  PAUL ELLIS/AFP SIR – In the interests of perspective, I should like to see the daily number of non-Covid deaths in England and Wales (around 1,400) reported alongside the number of Covid-related deaths (seven yesterday). It’s time for us to get on with living. Chris Sermon   SIR – Throughout the pandemic it has been stressed over and over how important it is to have good ventilation in our homes to help reduce transmission of the virus. Is it therefore time t...