Can I recommend BBC Radio 3 to Emma Beddington and her husband (My husband and I are at war over the radio. Will peace and quiet ever be possible?, 20 February)? We were committed Radio 4 listeners until the combination of Brexit and the pandemic drove us away, and have instead become devoted to Radio 3. Lovely and interesting music, and delightful presenters. There’s lots of audience engagement and the feeling of being part of a wider world.
Madeleine Parker
Bearley, Warwickshire
• Surely the first question for educators to ask young people about Andrew Tate (Letters, 20 February) is does he ever look happy? Why do you want to live your life being perpetually angry?
Jonathan Harris
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
• Having just put on my trousers 22 days before my 80th birthday without recourse to sitting on the bed, I read that I still have middle age to look forward to (Letters, 20 February). Am I suffering from arrested development?
Warwick Hillman
Pinner, London
• Years ago, while we were out walking with a group of friends and our children, two of the boys were arguing and scrapping with each other. Eventually, the father of one of the boys took him aside and said: “If you don’t stop behaving so violently, I’ll give you a good hiding” (Letters, 19 February).
Patricia Field
Godalming, Surrey
• Is this an NHS record? I have been asked to attend the surgery for my first post-stroke check-up. I had my stroke 12 years ago.
Dr Clare Harding
Horningsea, Cambridgeshire
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