We live in hope that the Gleeson twins will be heard in The Archers one day (A month in Ambridge, 5 April). I recall that Merrily Harpur’s excellent comic strip in The Listener in the 1980s, Jean-Paul of Grey Gables: Unheard of Ambridge, had to be renamed when the Grey Gables chef found his voice and became a speaking character on the programme.
Matthew Newman
Leeds
• Jeffrey Philippson suggests that grey-haired revellers in 1981 are likely to have been “fish out of water” (Letters, 4 April). He clearly never experienced grab-a-granny night in a Swansea club back in the day.
Anne Cowper
Bishopston, Swansea
• The Liberal Democrat peer Chris Rennard claims that the House of Lords has a duty to protect our democracy (Letters, 4 April). If that were true, this unelected chamber would vote to abolish itself.
Tom Comport
Stockholm, Sweden
• Miles McCallum asks about grounds for resignation in Westminster (Letters, 5 April). I’ve resigned myself to corruption, incompetence and general sleaze.
Pete Bibby
Sheffield
• A slogan for the side of Labour’s battlebus (Letters, 31 March)? How about: “If you want a liar for a leader, vote Tory.”
Greg Brooks
Sheffield
• I’m afraid I had to boycott the Codeword in Tuesday’s print edition (5 April). The starting letters were P&O.
Alastair Mearns
York
