BBC lessons for girls in Afghanistan

Your correspondent (Letters, 1 September) will be pleased to hear that the BBC World Service offers an educational programme – Dars – for children aged 11 to 16 who are banned from school. Hosted by BBC Afghan female journalists who were evacuated from Kabul during the 2021 Taliban takeover, the fourth series starts this month, with lessons in Dari and Pashto. Jonathan MunroGlobal director, BBC News
The Met Office’s proposed storm names are not only the usual anodyne list, seemingly designed to make them appear unthreatening, but also a celebration of its history (Met Office releases names for next season of storms expected to batter UK, 29 August). It has acknowledged the impact of the climate crisis on the severity and frequency of storms, so when will it start naming them after the causes of this crisis? Could I suggest Aramco, BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon?Paul JohnsStoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
Nick Jarman (Letters, 2 September) says no one has to inhale the secondhand smoke in the segregated smoking area of his Sussex pub. What about the staff who have to work there? Ralph JonesRochester, Kent
Commiserations to Josh Halliday for paying £361 to see the dreary Oasis next year (A supersonic swindle: my £1,423 Oasis Ticketmaster hell, 1 September). I paid 50p for the Who in Worthing in 1969, about £8 in today’s money. A lot more excitement per pound.Bob CannellBradford
Shouldn’t that be “manscraping” (‘They handled me like a carcass!’: Why are so many men now ‘manscaping’?, 29 August)?Mike CromptonOxted, Surrey