Give more respect to women killed by their family | Domestic violence

Re your article (Home violence screening device must be changed, Jess Phillips says, 26 August), can we please not use the phrase “honour” within the context of violent crimes in opposition to feminine relations, both as a part of the Sprint questionnaire utilized by police and social companies or in new steering for a authorized definition of “honour-based” abuse. Name it what it’s: household violence. The ladies and younger girls mutilated and murdered deserve respect. Lynne Scrimshaw London I used to be puzzled by your article (Activists hope to shift Venice movie pageant deal with to disaster in Gaza, 27 August). Why ought to the pageant should take a place on Palestine any greater than on different tragic issues like Myanmar, Sudan or Tibet? It’s a movie pageant, not the UN.John BowlesEdinburgh I’m guessing the gardeners whose veg crops have failed are on-line readers (Letters, 27 August). It was established way back that lining your bean trench with bodily newspapers helps with water retention. If I’m proper, the Racing Put up is very good for runners.Pete EdmondsonButleigh, Somerset By no means thoughts early autumn fruit and conkers (Letters, 24 August), there’s a totally embellished Christmas tree in a residential space of Edinburgh, with a pleasant rocking horse within the window as well.Alex Dickie Edinburgh Can politicians additionally desist from the annoying “I say to you” (Letters, 29 August). Who else are you saying it to?Barbara Riddell Epsom, Surrey Have an opinion on something you’ve learn within the Guardian right now? Please e mail us your letter and it will likely be thought-about for publication in our letters part.