Morwenna Ferrier’s conviction that the new fashion trend will be the wearing of one-piece swimsuits under skirts or trousers “as daywear” (Amphibious fashion, G2, 1 August) is completely impractical. Who really wants to have to take off all their clothes to have a wee, especially when not in the comfort of one’s own home? Even Superman only wears the bottom half of his bikini over his trousers.
Fiona Collins
Carrog, Denbighshire
• I think Vince Cable should be prime minister, but he shouldn’t be given authorship of the phrase “the narcissism of small differences” (People want a proper say on Brexit, 1 August). That was Dr Freud in 1917.
Jon Harris
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• I’ve just realised I’m of an age where we could stand outside a TV rental showroom (Granada? Rumbelows?) and watch live cricket (Sport, 2 August).
Peter Avery
London
• To co-join two recent items – yes, my father owned a Morris Traveller, complete with growing holly bush and various species of moss; and no, I am not the girlfriend my husband referred to in Wednesday’s letters (1 August). We are now discussing custody of the 35mm film canisters.
Trish Ducker
Yorkley, Gloucestershire
• Just to say that rosehip soup (Ian Jack, 28 July) is actually an excellent source of vitamin C. It comes dried in packet form so space-saving too.
Sally Starborg
Chester
• John Richardson, you will need more than one shelf to store a list of Yotam Ottolenghi ingredients (Letters, 1 August).
Consella Fahy
Crewe, Cheshire
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