An F-bomb in Ambridge? That would signal the end times

As if the plethora of crises we are having to endure were not enough, on Friday I heard George Grundy swearing on The Archers! The breakdown of our society seemed complete. But on checking the repeat, it turned out to be “buck off” – unusual terminology for a teenager, but at least the end of civilisation has not yet arrived. Cherry Weston Wolverhampton

Laura Euler (Letters, 19 August) should note that although we might buy hamburgers and hot dogs in cans, these are not sold for human consumption. They are bought to languish in food cupboards for several years, before being handed to small children to take to school harvest festivals. What happens to them after that is a mystery. Dr Michael Paraskos London

Your description of the Al Janoub stadium – “vulvic bulge”, “labial lips” etc – is pure genius, and the final question: “Will sports correspondents struggle to find the press box?” is wonderfully loaded (Winslow Homer, Cézanne and Zaha Hadid: the best art and architecture of autumn 2022, 22 August). Chapeau! Deirdre Burrell Mortimer, Berkshire

I’m glad I did not bother going to Edinburgh if the terribly weak pasta pun was voted the best joke at the fringe (Report, 22 August). Michael Cunningham Wolverhampton

Dogs crying (Report, 22 August)? You wait till they find out the cost of dog food this coming winter. Toby Wood Peterborough

TV listings in your G2 print section, Monday 22 August, 9pm: “Marriage. Jessica leaves Adam.” Thanks, Guardian. Jan Jeffries Brewood, Staffordshire

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