Britain’s got its very own summer eclipse | Brief letters

The weather | Hate crimes | Counselling | Natural childbirth | Cliff Richard fans | Sophie Heawood articleWhy the fuss, just because parts of the US experienced a solar eclipse for a few minutes on Monday (Greatest show on Earth: total eclipse dazzles the US, 22 August)? For most of the UK, the sun has been obscured for the last six weeks.
Pete Dorey
Bath• Will the list of people who can be the victims of social media hate crimes (Front page, August) also include all women? Ask many wo