While I agree with the points made by your correspondents (Letters, 17 July) about the huge contribution Islam has made to the sum of human knowledge, the examples were all from the flowering of Islam in the middle ages. Rose MeadeFaversham, Kent• While it is indeed a “triumph” to have Alan Turing on the £50 note (Emily Grossman, theguardian.com, 16 July), the downside is that hardly anyone ever sees a £50 note. But nothing got the members of what is now Bectu fired up like our campaign for soft toilet paper (Letters, 17 July). Jacqueline WilksWinchester• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters• Do you have a photo you’d like to share with Guardian readers? Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian July 17, 2019 16:52 UTC