It was the wonderful Lucy Mangan’s initial review of Sherwood that prompted me to watch it, and it didn’t disappoint. However, far from finding the final episode “very slightly underwhelming” as she said in her five-star review (28 June), I found Julie’s comments about “them in power” wanting to keep us divided, and to pit worker against worker, utterly resonant.
Deirdre Burrell
Mortimer, Berkshire
• Concerning the instruction to “rinse and repeat” (Italian hairdressers face fines for shampooing amid heatwave, 28 June), some of us twigged decades ago that this was a cunning ruse to sell double the amount of shampoo.
Dr Brigid Purcell
Norwich
• I have worked at the information points at Glastonbury for years, and possibly nothing conveys the parallel universe that it is like the list of lost property we had on Saturday night: one juggling stick, umpteen mobile phones, Guardian bag with hat, various wallets with cash and cards, and a bag of weed.
Jonathan Little
Bristol
• I can stand on one leg for about three seconds if I check how I’m doing on my watch (Letter, 28 June). But if I don’t look at my watch, I can last up to 20 seconds. Does this mean that I will live longer if I stop wearing a watch?
Richard Williams
Hove, East Sussex
• I’m loving Martin Rowson’s fur cups. In his latest cartoon (28 June) they seem to have taken over the Tory benches, somewhat timidly.
Sandy Derbyshire
London
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