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Heaven on earth is not without its sorrows

While I was not entirely surprised to learn that nearly three-quarters of the population of West Dunbartonshire had experienced loneliness lately, I was shocked that over half of dwellers in Eden had (3.7m over-16s in Britain often or always feel lonely, ONS finds, 7 April). On reflection, however, I recollected that Adam was 100% lonely until God did something about it!
Tim Hill
Tarporley, Cheshire

• I can, from Monday, get my hair cut, my nails done, and go to the pub garden for a pint, but I’m still unable to see my GP face to face unless I am granted a rare appointment. When will GPs deign to restart face-to-face appointments? Surely the risks to us, and to them, are now no greater than for hairdressers or publicans.
Sue Robinson
Tyldesley, Greater Manchester

• Please could the Guardian get into the spirit of the lockdown thaw by giving us back our two pages of readers’ letters?
Kevin Bannon
London

• Big drums produce lower-frequency sounds than little drums – as simple physics explains. Could this solve the “mystery” of why larger gorillas make lower frequencies when pummelling their chests (Gorillas beat their chests to size each other up, researchers say, 8 April)?
Catherine Wykes
Chellaston, Derbyshire

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• The Church of England should not only acknowledge its “world artefacts” (Calls for full inventory of world artefacts held by Church of England, 9 April) but, as a former slave and plantation owner, all that it received from the £20m distributed to those whose slaves were freed in 1830.
Marika Sherwood
Oare, Kent

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