I suggest that Emma Beddington employs a real live person to do the cleaning (Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?, 3 March). Pay a decent rate, eg £16.50 an hour, respect their skill, and then you can go out for a walk/swim/cycle. When I was a young chambermaid, I could clean 22 bedrooms before lunch. Now, at 75, I take a more sedate approach to life.
Vicki Morley
Penzance, Cornwall
• With the knighthood of Gavin Williamson (Gavin Williamson awarded knighthood by Boris Johnson, 3 March), can we now stop pretending that our government has the slightest interest in education?
Adrian Boote
Bath
• I suppose No 10 had to rush out news of Gavin Williamson’s knighthood with 1 April looming. No one would believe it.
Mike Vallely
Seaford, East Sussex
• When it comes to authors whose works have been neglected by the makers of TV serials (Letters, 1 March), the obvious candidate is surely George Meredith, Thomas Hardy’s contemporary. The Egoist, among many others, could be an outstanding success if translated to the small screen.
Kevin McGrath
Harlow, Essex
• Yes, Paul Tattam (Letters, 25 February), I still have my brilliant Denon MiniDisc player, and many treasured recordings from the radio. Trouble is, I never get round to listening to them.
Hannah Hyam
Batheaston, Somerset
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