Crate expectations of banana critters

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Only 7% of top FTSE firms are ready to speak out and campaign against Brexit (Report, 13 July). Given the pullulating hostility against Europe from so many politicians and commentators given free airtime on the BBC, Sky and in most of the press, how will the British people be convinced that the EU is a good thing?Dr Denis MacshaneLondon

• So Jo Malone (How I get ready, Weekend, 11 July) mixes a face mask, has a bath with candles and a glass of wine, moisturises her hands and feet, dyes her eyebrows, has a baked potato and cup of tea, puts out her clothes, bleaches her teeth for 10 minutes, paints her body with gloop, allows it to dry and then does second coat, applies makeup and false eyelashes, all in 25 minutes! This isn’t multitasking, it’s time travel.Anne DouglasSalford

• My most memorable Guardian headline (Letters, 15 July) was on a mid-80s report on the Monaco Grand Prix. The rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost was at its height; near the end of the race, Senna had a small collision that allowed Prost to edge into the lead. The headline was: “Senna prod brings Prost late relief.” Steve ElliotLondon

• I wonder whether John Crace ever turns up at Westminster only to realise that he is wearing the sweater that he uses for his digested read instead of the suit that is essential for his parliamentary sketch?David HickmanKingswinford, West Midlands

• I remember being told of a wartime cartoon of two people staring in awe at a banana, with the caption “It came over in a crate of spiders” (When did buying bananas get so risky?, G2, 15 July).Isabel MonkLondon

• A bird in our garden sings a melody from The Magic Flute (Letters, 15 July). Perhaps he thinks he is Papageno trying to ensnare the ring-necked parakeets.Melanie HewittLondon