There’s nothing new about dating younger men (Hephzibah Anderson, 16 December). I was always attracted to them, and when I was 45, I had a child with a man of 30. He wasn’t wiser, just not as jaded, with less baggage and more energy than men my own age. Now in my early 70s, I still prefer younger men. But these days the younger men still tend to be too old for my taste. What’s an old lady to do?
Sonia Hussain
London
• You report an adviser to the Ritz saying that at Christmas the hotel welcomed families “whose great-grandfather has been coming to the hotel since 1906” (Report, 17 December). Since that would make him at least 117 years old and consequently likely to have a reduced appetite, one can only hope that the hotel gives him a decent discount on his £600 lunch.
Neil Cole
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• For another carol with a topical message (Letters, 18 December), try It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. Its poignant plea – “O hush the noise, ye men of strife / And hear the angels sing” – seems more desperately relevant every year.
Caroline Alexander
Shoreham, Kent
• John Harris fears that the Tory party has been awol (Opinion, 17 December). I would suggest the more accurate acronym is that it is now completely fubar.
Austen Lynch
Garstang, Lancashire
• To those flummoxed by thinking of new escapades for the elf on a shelf (Report, 17 December), don’t bother. Just get a Burmese cat. It will surpass the imagination of even the most creative owners.
Jane Lawson
London
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