Donald Trump deserves little credit for any ceasefire in Gaza (Report, 9 October). He is like a man who watches a house burn down and then wants credit for hosing down the garage to save it.
Peter West
London

Donald Trump will deserve the Nobel peace prize when he formally opens the US embassy in the independent state of Palestine.
Derek Robinson
Matlock, Derbyshire

Does Tony Blair’s role in Gaza mean that he will be tough on genocide and tough on the causes of genocide (Tony Blair wins nod from Palestinian Authority for role in postwar Gaza, 13 October?).
Barry Kushner
Liverpool

According to Bill Murray’s book Mountaineering in Scotland, the Inaccessible Pinnacle (Country Diary, 11 October) is “a knife-edged ridge, with an overhanging and infinite drop on one side, and a drop even steeper and longer on the other”. Some climbers prefer this not to be quoted to them when they are partway up.
Frank Roper
Weymouth, Dorset

As a relative who died in his 90s would say: rigour gives you vigour but sloth sees you off (.
Peter Lowe
Newcastle upon Tyne

I was thrilled to read that William Hill will shut its vile gambling shops if Rachel Reeves raises taxes on gambling (Report, 12 October). Bring it on.
Kit Jackson
London