On the Farm with George Clooney | George Clooney

“It’s important to me that they can survive,” George Clooney says of his children, and invites them to watch his handyman skills on their farm in France, including “repairing…the automatic swimming pool cover” (Report, October 7). It strikes me that he and I live in two different worlds, with very different definitions of “survival” and “farm.”
Fiona Collins
Carrogh, Sir Denbeach

Like Gillian Greenfield (Letters, October 8), I turned on the radio when I couldn’t sleep, and often fell asleep to LBC News. Because of the traffic reports, I woke up fully informed of the progress of roadworks on the Brent Cross Bridge.
Mark Redhead
Oxford

Paddington proves the old adage ‘Don’t prick the bear’ (‘Laugh, Muchachus’: Spitting Image studio sued after Paddington Bear episode, October 6).
Woody was
(Doxford, Cambridgeshire).

My favorite TV interpretation was during a documentary about jazz (Letters, October 6). Thelonious Monk has been described as “the loneliest monk”, which I assume is why he produced such great music, as there was no one to distract him.
Simon Dobinson
Barnet, London

When Hurricane Ida made landfall in 2021, Louisiana was, according to BBC News, “battered by Harry Kane.”
Nigel Beatty
(Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex).