Adjacent articles online – Fear, panic and chaos: the joy of flying from the UK to New York again (Emma Brockes, 12 November) and How can Britain cut emissions when the Tory party fetishises travel? (Andy Beckett, 12 November). Not only Tories…
Eddie Dougall
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• I apologise for the delay in sending this letter, but I have been busy for the past few days scouring supermarkets for mulberry pekmez (From gözleme to pekmez: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Turkish-inspired recipes, 13 November).
John Crawshaw
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• In answer to the first question in the kids’ quiz (13 November), babies grow in women’s wombs (colloquially, perhaps, “tummies”) but not imprecisely “in a person’s tummy”. If we are imparting biological knowledge through fun (the aim, surely, of a kids’ quiz), let’s get it right.
Gillian Dalley
London
• I have for some months carried a Boriscard, which states that I do not wish the PM to visit me in hospital under any circumstances (Letters, 12 November). They are available, and free, from the excellent independent bookshop News From Nowhere, on Bold Street in Liverpool.
Jean Davies
Woolton, Liverpool
• I’m with Pat Notley (Letters, 11 November). Making batches of four Christmas puddings every three years means that there is always a mature, delicious pudding for Christmas. They really are one of the easiest puddings to make.
Diane Woodley
Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
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