In view of the worldwide revulsion at Pete Hegseth’s decision to livestream a judicial killing (‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation, 9 October), how come there were photos of two more – a man awaiting execution in an electric chair in 1928 and conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the gallows in 1865 – on page 8 of last Saturday’s paper (next to your article on whether Christa Pike’s botched execution might help to end the death penalty in the US). I’m glad they weren’t filmed.
Nick Hopkinson
Tockwith, North Yorkshire
I was very disappointed to see a write-up about the famed Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel, framed around the first ascent of Everest, make no mention of Sir Charles Evans, who lived just miles away in Capel Curig and whose tankard hangs behind the bar (The Welsh mountain inn that helped conquer Everest, 15 October). He was a hero of British mountaineering who is too often absent from commentary, and the reason the hotel was part of the story in the first place.
William Purkhardt
Godalming, Surrey
I believe the Guardian has fallen into a tautological trap (Letters, 11 October). You report that zoos must “follow strict safety procedures to protect their animals and human staff and visitors” (Report, 12 October). One wonders who on the staff is not human.
Charles Foster
Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
Further to my wife’s letter about winding me up with her Brummie “Sainsers” (9 October): “Sainsers” I can bear; a Birmingham accent I can bear; her impersonation of one, as a Scot, is more than I can bear.
Rob Hutchinson
Newport, Isle of Wight
I have long thought that the upper and lower levels of the Compton stand at Lord’s cricket ground should have been named after the Dorset villages of Over and Nether Compton (Letters, 15 October).
Peter Malpass
Bristol
