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A primatologist’s legacy | Beckett’s influence on Macron | Left over what? | Gilbert & George | A call to Noah ValeMany will lament the loss of Jane Goodall not because she had studied chimpanzees and become an authority on male aggression but for her frank and perceptive view of the likes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and for her encouragement of those fighting against political aggression (Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space, 6 October). Ways should thus be found of keeping her name alive as an example to the rest of the human race.Meirion BowenLondon• Emmanuel Macron, who has just managed to lose his fifth prime minister (What happened on a chaotic day in French politics – and what next?, 6 October), has been reading his Beckett: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” What is he waiting for, Godot?Peter Declan O’HalloranBelturbet, County Cavan, Ireland Continue reading...