Nadine Dorries need not feel like an impostor (Interview, 15 November). By condemning the entitled elite while whining endlessly because she wasn’t given a title, she displays precisely the lack of self-awareness that characterises so many Tories. She makes much of her Liverpool background, so perhaps she remembers what we Liverpudlians say to someone who goes on and on: don’t boil your cabbages twice.
Charles Osborne
Prague, Czech Republic
• I enjoyed Adrian Chiles’s article (Where will you spend Christmas? With your parents? Your in-laws? Your children? Why is it so complicated?, 16 November). I have all of his complications to deal with, plus two more: it’s my birthday on Christmas Day and my eldest daughter’s birthday on Boxing Day. Being the Christmas host for the last 33 years has brought many happy memories. But next year it’s a big birthday, so we are branching out to a pub! Don’t tell Santa, but I cannot wait.
Adele Ryan
London
• Re updating The Twelve Days of Christmas (Letters, 19 November), given the recent recruitment to the upper legislative chamber, there would seem to be a good case for the line “778 lords a-leaping”.
John Clarke
Wakefield
• Henry Fryer suggests bringing back a virtual Margaret Thatcher to the government (Letters, 19 November). We could also bring back a virtual Edward Heath. He was an expert in small boats.
Chris Sumner
Waltham Abbey, Essex
• On page 4 of Tuesday’s paper, there is a photo of Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt screwing something. Is this a metaphor?
Christine White
Bingham, Nottinghamshire
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