It’s not all haggis and Scotch pies up here

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Food at the fringe | A gardener’s worst nightmare | Well-informed voters | Remembering Tom Lehrer | Lionesses/Lions

I’m not sure who Zainab Johnson’s been talking to, but she’ll have no problem finding vegan/plant-based food here in Edinburgh during the fringe (‘I spent a month sleeping in a cupboard’: comedians on the true cost of the Fringe, 27 July). We have thousands of restaurants, the vast majority offering plant-based alternatives.Siobhan McGovernEdinburgh

I too expect Nigel Farage to be on Gardeners’ Question Time soon (Letters, 24 July). Not for any money-tree expertise, however, but because it seems to be the only BBC media platform to which he isn’t already given regular open access.Mike HineKingston upon Thames, London

I agree that “Having a well-informed tranche of young voters would be wonderful” (Letters, 23 July). But given many electoral results here and in the US, I would go further: having well-informed voters would be wonderful.Steve BarrettNettleton, Lincolnshire

We will remember Tom Lehrer by poisoning some pigeons in the park (Tom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97, 28 July). Derek McMillan Durrington, West Sussex

A review of The Winter’s Tale (23 July), but no mention of the climactic bear scene! The best bit. Actually, all I remember of the play.Peter BrookerWest Wickham, London

Why are women performing on a stage called “actor” instead of “actress” but women performing on a football field “Lionesses” instead of “Lions”?Christine FuchsChigwell, Essex

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