The joy of kicking through autumn leaves (Letters, 14 November) was outlined by Vita Sackville-West. She used “through leaves” as an adjective to describe simple but rewarding activities, such as cutting paper with sharp scissors, squishing sand between your toes and crunching ice on puddles. Modern versions might include getting a letter published in the Guardian.
Richard Barnard
Wivenhoe, Essex
• In your Saturday magazine, the weekly Q&A usually includes the question “What do you most dislike about your appearance?” It would be so much more positive if you could ask famous people what they most like about their appearance.
Ann Marie Connolly
London
• If the government has “delivered on halving inflation” as Rishi Sunak says (Report, 15 November), whose fault was it when it reached 11%?
Ian Reissmann
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
• Imagine my embarrassment when my five-year-old proudly replied to the doctor’s enquiry about his diet: “Well, the best thing is when Mum opens a tin of condensed milk and gives us each a spoon” (Letters, 15 November).
Sarah Fry
Oxford
• The interview with Nadine Dorries (Nadine Dorries on cabals, cosmetic work and Cameron’s peerage: ‘If you’re an Etonian, someone just has a word with the king’, 15 November) shows her to be very balanced. She has a chip on each shoulder.
Rod Price
Mollington, Oxfordshire
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