After more than 30 years of appearing in it, I have to confess I felt a little disappointed to see that I was omitted from your list (Birthdays, print edition, 15 March). I would like to reassure anyone who might care that I’m still here, and 76 this year. By the way, who is Howard Devoto?
John Duttine
Worthing, West Sussex
• While we marvelled at Amiens Cathedral in France, our son, then eight, commented “I don’t mind coming here when I’m dead, but I really don’t want to be here now” (Letters, 19 March)
Patti Rundall
Cambridge
• I have no opinions on whether bridge is superior to chess (Letters, 17 March), but I have a strong opinion about the word “Trump”. And that opinion is, the less often I see or hear it, the better. Please don’t use it as a verb.
Emma Rushton
Nashville, Tennessee, US
• Oh, the irony of the Royal Mail’s latest special stamps issue, Myths and Legends. They seem to have forgotten the most mythical creature of our modern lives – an actual postman!
Ian Barclay
Angmering, West Sussex
• In the best tradition of newspaper correspondence, I should advise that on Thursday morning I heard the first chiffchaff of spring. Hopefully the first swallow is not far behind!
Cathy Rooney
Oxton, Scottish Borders
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