Climate sense out of the mouths of babes

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Nicholas Maxwell says universities have scarcely promoted awareness of the climate crisis (Letters, 22 October). Thank heavens for preschools and CBeebies. My four-year-old grandson tells me he is so happy that his dad has bought a bike with a carrier to take him to school, because he is worried about pollution. He also asked me if ours was the only family who worried about litter as we walked past Selhurst Park football ground.
Grace Hewson
Clevedon, Somerset

• Anne Carlisle, the vice-chancellor of Falmouth University, says the problem our government has with the creative arts is that it “appears to have fewer members who really engage in cultural and creative events” (Ministers could limit student numbers on lower-earning arts degrees in England, 23 October). I’d put it more simply: we are governed by a bunch of philistines.
Prof Jennifer Jenkins
London

• Isn’t the answer to the problem of the high charges made by private providers of children’s homes and foster care (Report, 22 October) the transfer of the service to local authorities?
Cllr Jeremy Beecham
Newcastle city council

• Your Wordsearch in the print edition (“find 15 words associated with women”, 22 October) was disheartening. Can I ask, as a woman, to be associated with something other than “bride”, “princess” or “mother”?
Sallyann Halstead
Fitzhead, Somerset

• As Saturday’s cryptic crossword has not been a competition for 18 months, can we now have the solution on the following Monday, instead of having to wait for a week?
Nigel Gann
Lichfield, Staffordshire

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