I would like to assure Chris Wiegand that it is perfectly possible to steer clear of Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift is everywhere! Could I avoid her and her music for the whole month of May?, 6 June). I have never heard her sing, cannot name a single song of hers and, if I bumped into her in the street, I certainly wouldn’t recognise her. I apologise to Miss Swift if this precipitates a decline in self‑esteem. I no longer laugh at the 1960s quip about the learned judge who inquired: “Who are the Beatles?”
Ian Abernethy
Heiton, Scottish Borders
• As with Elizabeth Baker (Letters, 6 June), I too am concerned by the absence of swifts this year. Sadly this lack is not remedied by the arrival of a larger one.
Tony Fisher
Gotham, Nottinghamshire
• While it sounds like a good idea to bring food to festivals, the last time I did so, my food was stolen on the first day while I was watching music (Borrow a tent and bring food: how to cut the cost of UK summer music festivals, 5 June). There is no way to secure a tent, and it ended up costing more.
Mary Carroll
Plumpton Green, East Sussex
• May I point out that Suzi Quatro (Birthdays, 3 June) is known principally as a bassist, not a guitarist. Rhythm section, not melody.
Richard Flower
Gloucester
• I’m puzzled by Clive Sykes’s letter wondering how King Charles achieved his chestful of medals (Letters, 7 June). Surely everyone knows he got them the old‑fashioned way: his mummy gave them to him.
Judith Flanders
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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