Heaven on earth is not without its sorrows

While I was not entirely surprised to learn that nearly three-quarters of the population of West Dunbartonshire had experienced loneliness lately, I was shocked that over half of dwellers in Eden had (3.7m over-16s in Britain often or always feel lonely, ONS finds, 7 April). On reflection, however, I recollected that Adam was 100% lonely until God did something about it!Tim HillTarporley, Cheshire

• I can, from Monday, get my hair cut, my nails done, and go to the pub garden for a pint, but I’m still unable to see my GP face to face unless I am granted a rare appointment. When will GPs deign to restart face-toface appointments? Surely the risks to us, and to them, are now no greater than for hairdressers or publicans.Sue RobinsonTyldesley, Greater Manchester

• Please could the Guardian get into the spirit of the lockdown thaw by giving us back our two pages of readers’ letters?Kevin BannonLondon

• Big drums produce lower-frequency sounds than little drums – as simple physics explains. Could this solve the “mystery” of why larger gorillas make lower frequencies when pummelling their chests (Gorillas beat their chests to size each other up, researchers say, 8 April)?Catherine WykesChellaston, Derbyshire

• The Church of England should not only acknowledge its “world artefacts” (Calls for full inventory of world artefacts held by Church of England, 9 April) but, as a former slave and plantation owner, all that it received from the £20m distributed to those whose slaves were freed in 1830.Marika SherwoodOare, Kent

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Photograph: Gavin Hellier/Getty Images/Robert Harding Worl Over 50% of the residents of Eden, England said they had experienced loneliness in the past seven days. Adam also had similar troubles in paradise before Eve was created. Stained glass window, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.