Your Letters
Is anyone else slightly unsettled by the fact that the the Demon Headmaster seems to be the head of the civil and family courts?
Amy-Jo, Sheffield
Rather than judges ditching their wigs in favour of robes with colour-coded bands, would it not be more fun if they just had their wigs rinsed in the appropriate colour? I like the idea of being tried by a judge sporting a lilac-rinsed wig...
Sue, London
The new outfit for judges wouldn't look out of place on Grand Moff Tarkin. The cut looks kind of similar.
Darren, Leicester
Why all the fuss about households throwing away unconsumed food? What would happen to it if we only bought what we knew we would consume? Eventually, the remainder in the shops would be, er, thrown away.
John Whapshott, Westbury, Wiltshire
Interesting to read about the new trapdoor spider named after Neil Young. You wonder how long it will be before a Beatles-loving scientist will give us the mate-eating black widow, heathermillsi.
Helene Parry, S Wales expat to Brentford
In addition to vapour trails from aircraft (Monday's Letters), it should be noted that the emissions from the large power station towers are also just water - like clouds really. The bad stuff is invisible and doesn't make such good pictures.
Mark Perryman, Coventry