Trevor Masters (Reasons to be cheerful about the world in 2016, Letters, 31 December) thanks the Guardian for being here to help us retain our sanity in the coming year, and cites examples of content to back up the claim. I would like to add the Letters page, for the breadth of expertise, acumen, humanity, culture, wisdom and laugh-out-loud wit that reflects your readership. Thank us all in the fight ahead.
David Buckingham
Leamington Spa
• The rabbits of Watership Down do indeed send a warning (Loose canon, 30 December), namely that when the bucks seek sex, they abduct some nearby does and rape them. Once more it seems that the male utopia is the female’s dystopia. I suggest Giles Fraser read Nadia Khomami’s report “British woman’s tale of captivity ‘shows reality of UK slavery’” in the same issue.
Professor Hilary Rose
London
