In response to your secret diary of a prepay meter fitter, do you think he could offer tips to alleviate my insomnia by explaining how he sleeps at night (Stab vests, huge dogs and escape routes: the secret diary of a prepay meter fitter, 10 February)?
Norman Calvedine
Glasgow
Claiming we have a “zombie government” seems unkind on the undead (Ford to cut nearly 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 1,300 in UK, 14 February). Might “economically inactive” be more accurate?
David Upton
Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
The new fashion director of John Lewis seems determined to do away with the floral midi dress – while acknowledging that “it’s not easy because customers love them” (‘We’ve got to move on’: John Lewis declares death of the floral midi dress, 10 February). How not to run a business in hard times.
Clare Addison
Marston, Oxfordshire
If I may politely offer a counterpoint to Susanna Abse’s contention that “the biggest risk to intimate relationships is silence” (Tell your partner you love them – not just on Valentine’s Day, but every day, 14 February) – same sentence, but insert the words “not enough” in the appropriate place.
Mark Dowd
Manchester
I cut our lawn here in Hertfordshire on 1 February, 12 days earlier than your correspondent (Letters, 15 February) heard lawnmowing in Northamptonshire.
Michael Robinson
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Middle age (Whatever happened to middle age? The mysterious case of the disappearing life stage, 16 February) is when nostalgia replaces hope.
Denny Plowman
Nottingham
