Perhaps the boss of Waitrose should leave his ivory tower and spend an extended period on the shop floor to experience the life of a shop worker and see the shoplifting epidemic that is happening day in and day out. He may then reach boiling point one day and react out of character. Perhaps a “Don’t-shop Wednesday” at Waitrose, in support of Walker Smith (Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs, 5 April), might have some effect and reach top executives.
Roy Wilson
Harrow, London
• The heartwarming column on how Beau the labrador saved his master’s life after he suffered cardiac arrest on a beach (The pet I’ll never forget, 6 April) reminded me of when we got our new collie. Arriving home, my husband went on ahead to open the house door and didn’t see that I had tripped and landed face down on our lane. The dog ran back and sat on guard until hubby returned to find the dog, and me.
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
• I noticed that Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage share the same birthday (Journal, print edition, 3 April). Hopefully this isn’t a case of the stars aligning.
Alex Dickie
Edinburgh
• I spent almost all my schooldays necessarily insisting that my surname was the double-barrelled “Jaworski-I’llspellthatforyou” (Letters, 5 April).
John Jaworski
Nordelph, Norfolk
• I am often asked how to spell my surname.
Tim Chicken
Sandgate, Kent
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