We can’t look away from the horrors of war | Brief letters

The report of a much-loved six-year-old girl killed in Lebanon by an Israeli bomb reduced me to tears (‘My heart is breaking’: Lebanese family grieve daughter killed by Israeli bomb, 27 Friday). We’re reaching the point where the easiest thing would be to look away, but we absolutely must not. It’s the least we can do, surely?
Helen Beioley
Stroud, Gloucestershire

Perhaps the ministers who are considering charging international tourists for access to museum collections (Ministers consider charging tourists to enter national museums in England, 26 March) could include some form of discount for those tourists who are viewing artefacts that were created by their ancestors and were once the property of their respective countries.
Phil Coughlin
Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear

If you agree that we should all accept Eryri without explaining where it is (Letters, 27 March), perhaps we could also accept “resident doctors” without adding “formerly junior” and “gilets jaunes” without explaining “yellow vests”. Have faith that readers are up to speed.
Victoria Paleit
Southmoor, Oxfordshire

There is much talk of ancient measurements (Letters, 26 March), but Donald Trump has invented a whole new system. Last week, he said that Iranian missiles were 99% decimated.
Ian M Sloan
Norwich

On the subject of quantities, it has always puzzled me where the term “lashings” originated.
Ramsay Ellerton
West Kirby, Wirral