Nadia Khomami’s entertaining article on the proliferation of nightlife options for those of us in our 40s and 50s rightly made a distinction between Fred Wedlock’s tragic “oldest swinger in town” and today’s middle-aged partygoers (Annie Mac to launch club night ending at 12am ‘for people who need sleep’, 1 April). Grey-haired revellers in 1981 are likely to have been fish out of water, with no comparable experiences from their youth. I still enjoy clubbing, and the experience is not so far removed from UK nightlife in the 1990s. And we do sometimes continue after midnight.
Jeffrey Philippson (AKA DJ Indica)
Cambridge
• We have enjoyed early-hours clubbing (with a cocktail bar, of course) for many years in Shipley thanks to Front Room Disco and Groovers in the Heart. What took London so long to catch up?
Bob Cannell
Bradford, West Yorkshire
• If people are looking for ways to reduce waste and plastic use, there is an even better solution than reusing Easter trees and decorations – simply refuse to pander to the forces of commercialisation and don’t buy them in the first place (Bounce in Easter retail as trend for seasonal decorations grows, 3 April).
Neil Cole
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• I have a dear, somewhat talkative, friend whose grandchildren address her as Blah Blah (Letters, 3 April).
Deborah Kelly
Sevenoaks, Kent
• Can anyone tell me what is grounds for resignation in Westminster these days?
Miles McCallum
Pitney, Somerset
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