Katharine Birbalsingh | Red squirrels | Children’s quiz | Crossword proposal | Jair Bolsonaro
Our new social mobility tsar, Katharine Birbalsingh, appears to believe the urban myth that we need to drink eight glasses of water a day (Social mobility tsar wants campaign against toddlers having mobile phones, 20 October). What other mythical practices will she be trying to impose on our children?
Dr Catherine Wykes
Chellaston, Derbyshire
• The illustration on Tim Dowling’s column (9 October) showed a red squirrel. If that is the culprit eating tomatoes and trashing the lawn, this astonishing survivor in an area long overrun by its grey cousins deserves support rather Mrs D’s persecution.
Peter Lowe
Newcastle upon Tyne
