Tangled letters

The US Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly warned Colombian law enforcement that a Florida resident entangled in last year’s failed coup in Venezuela could be part of an international smuggling ring weapons. In a letter dated June 1, DHS’s Homeland Security Investigations Division warned Colombian Customs Police that it …

May I share Howard Sounes’ disappointment with Clinton Heylin’s new Bob Dylan biography (report, April 19). Like him, I was brutalized by Heylin, in my case for writing “a pseudo-historical work”, which seems to have taken advice from Donald Trump. Heylin appears to have been the first reporter to gain …

For a far-right state senator who wants to bring down a suddenly unpopular Wyoming Republican congressman next year, sponsoring a bill called the Second Amendment Preservation Act probably seemed like a sure-fire way to vote. Instead, Senator Anthony Bouchard (R-Cheyenne) looked stunned during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Senate …

Your editorial on adult education (March 21) has rekindled memories of teaching evening classes as a speaker for many years. It was a pure joy to teach these students; we tended to learn from each other. Some of my former students have become teachers themselves. Dr Khosro S Jahdi Leeds …

Self-created disasters For the publisher: Thank you, Lucinda Rosenfeld, for highlighting in “Heroines of Self-Hate” (March 14) a trend in the development of female characters that regularly aggravates me in contemporary literature. Where did the Becky Sharps and Undine Spraggs go? In their place, we have woman after woman who …

Oliver Dowden says constantly flapping the union flag will act as “a proud reminder of our history and the ties that bind us together” (government buildings to fly a union jack continuously under new rules, March 24) . It is more likely to be reminiscent of the culture war that …

March 24, 2021 by Emma Irving Pho is the perfect food for the lonely eater: a bowl of noodles is not meant to be shared. A rich broth filled with thin, slippery strands of noodles and tender beef, this is comfort food at its sweet and spicy best. But this …

My mom was with my dad for 36 years. He died in 2019. However, during the 2021 census, my mother had to tick the box “single or never married”. This lack of legitimacy accorded to meaningful non-marital relationships is not only insulting, it fails to capture an important aspect of …