Now that it’s all over, it’s time to praise the skills of the Guardian football writers. Top scorer is Barney Ronay’s description of Thomas Tuchel’s pitch-side demeanour (10 July). “Nosferatu on a golfing weekend” is up there with the best of PG Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler.
Roger Osborne
Snainton, North Yorkshire

Why so much soul-searching about England’s failure to progress to the final of the World Cup? We did well to get to the semi-finals. Let’s celebrate the brilliant performances and exciting moments that brought us together as a nation.
Gill Francis
Nottingham

With Keir Starmer now joining eight former prime ministers, and therefore eligible to receive up to £115,000, it is surely time to publish details of how they interpret the public duty costs allowance, and what the money is spent on.
Les Bright
Exeter

What purpose is served by sending two teenage hackers to jail (Report, 16 July)? Surely it would make more sense to give them jobs with the National Crime Agency or GCHQ, where they could use their talents in the national interest.
Terence R Adams
Birmingham

Thank you, Helen Massy-Beresford, for your thoughts on Parisian waiters (The hill I will die on: Parisian waiters are not rude – they’re just badly misunderstood, 18 July). The same applies down here in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The price list in our local bar reads: Café s’il vous plaît: 9€; Bonjour, café s’il vous plaît 5€; Bonjour, ca va? Café s’il vous plaît 2€.
Gerard Hastings
Céret, France

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