Jackie Eales (Letters, 22 March) neglects to mention that the PM is also, in chess terms, in zeitnot – in time pressure as the clock runs down. For those wishing to extend flimsy Brexit-chess metaphors, it’s worth noting that repeating the same position three times is a draw.
Sandy Ruxton
Oxford
• To sum up, it’s eat humble pie or chlorinated chicken.
Christina Naylor
St Andrews, Fife
• Any particular reason for choosing 12 words associated with an election (Wordsearch, 22 March)?
Sue Wallace
Thame, Oxfordshire
• What about Leonard Cohen’s contribution (Letters, 22 March)? So Long, Marianne is a classic, and Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye is the ultimate “you’re dumped, but it’s not you, it’s me”.
Teresa Quayle
Warrington, Cheshire
• Adrian Chiles (G2, 21 March) is wrong. Mother Clanger doesn’t make soup. That is the soup dragon. Mother C looks after her garden, admittedly mostly pretty flowers rather than useful vegetables. The good news is that Tiny Clanger, at least in the modern adaptation, is rather an enterprising and often intrepid young female Clanger. So please don’t give up on them or wish poxes on them.
Myra Woolfson
Nottingham
• “The true cost of calorie-cutting in restaurants” (G2, 21 March) appeared alongside a recipe for raspberry and chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow pig toppers. Some mistake, surely?
Professor Christine Hallett
Poole, Dorset
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