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| Your article (In the dragon’s den, G2, 14 July) brought out the geek in me: aged 17, in 1974, at a meeting of the South East London Wargames Group (venue: Grove Park Youth Centre), my friends and I acquired a boxed set of Dungeons & Dragons from an American guest. I suspect we were the first people in the UK to play, so by the 80s this was old hat to us. But I recall the huge excitement and pleasure of our first campaign, which lasted nine months and almost certainly clipped a grade off each of my A-Levels!Stephen JohnsonBurpham, Surrey | Your article (In the dragon’s den, G2, 14 July) brought out the geek in me: aged 17, in 1974, at a meeting of the South East London Wargames Group (venue: Grove Park Youth Centre), my friends and I acquired a boxed set of Dungeons & Dragons from an American guest. I suspect we were the first people in the UK to play, so by the 80s this was old hat to us. But I recall the huge excitement and pleasure of our first campaign, which lasted nine months and almost certainly clipped a grade off each of my A-Levels!Stephen JohnsonBurpham, Surrey |
| • In the 40 years I spent working at the Foreign Office, I was often reminded of the old adage that a diplomat is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country. It appears our new foreign secretary already has 50% of the attributes he will need in his new job and has been recognised for this by the French foreign minister (Liar, celebrity, joke: how other countries see Britain’s new foreign secretary, 16 July).Harry WilesEsher, Surrey | • In the 40 years I spent working at the Foreign Office, I was often reminded of the old adage that a diplomat is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country. It appears our new foreign secretary already has 50% of the attributes he will need in his new job and has been recognised for this by the French foreign minister (Liar, celebrity, joke: how other countries see Britain’s new foreign secretary, 16 July).Harry WilesEsher, Surrey |
| • An Etonian scholar named Boris, / Though well-versed in Homer and Horace, / Was rather a berk / He offended a Turk / Who cast him head-first in the Bosphorus.Peter NockoldsLondon | • An Etonian scholar named Boris, / Though well-versed in Homer and Horace, / Was rather a berk / He offended a Turk / Who cast him head-first in the Bosphorus.Peter NockoldsLondon |
| • Andrea Leadsom has suggested that men should not be allowed to be nannies, because of the danger of paedophilia. What next – men should not be fathers?Catherine WalterLinacre College, University of Oxford | • Andrea Leadsom has suggested that men should not be allowed to be nannies, because of the danger of paedophilia. What next – men should not be fathers?Catherine WalterLinacre College, University of Oxford |
| • Clive James (Weekend, 16 July) writes that when Roger Federer “floats up on to his toes … there is no woman in the world who is not sighing”. Doesn’t he realise that many of us women save our sighs for the likes of Martina Navratilova?Jane McKearsBirmingham | • Clive James (Weekend, 16 July) writes that when Roger Federer “floats up on to his toes … there is no woman in the world who is not sighing”. Doesn’t he realise that many of us women save our sighs for the likes of Martina Navratilova?Jane McKearsBirmingham |
| • With her sense of humour, journalistic skill, and excellent car reviews (Weekend, 16 July), Zoe Williams should be asked to present the next series of Top Gear.Paul ScottIlford, Essex | • With her sense of humour, journalistic skill, and excellent car reviews (Weekend, 16 July), Zoe Williams should be asked to present the next series of Top Gear.Paul ScottIlford, Essex |
| • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com | • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com |