Regarding changes of direction in later life (Letters, 29 August), aged 88 and still interested in how things are made, I looked up basketry courses and found one that includes “make your own coffin”.
Monica Channell
Beckenham, London
• Having spent nearly 50 years working with computers, I have just learned how to drive and maintain a miniature steam engine. The tricks may take a little longer to learn, but they are no less satisfying when they work.
Mike Lowcock
Sandbach, Cheshire
• I walked past a football training pitch at a private sports centre this week. Eight young teenagers were coming on to the pitch to start their game. They all quietly took the knee before they began playing. They were all white. There is hope.
Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Epsom, Surrey
• Your article (UK tourism boom sparks backlash against ‘Tripadvisor warriors’, 30 August) reminded me of our motto when I was in the hospitality industry: “All our visitors give us pleasure, some when they arrive, others when they leave.”
Tony Rhodes
Ottery St Mary, Devon
• I read that “Corrinne, 48, lives in a single room” (Couple divided by Irish border because of post-Brexit rules, 30 August), but what I really wanted to know was: how old is Brett?
Toni Silver
Eastbourne, East Sussex
• It is said that if you can’t see Arran in the Firth of Clyde, it is raining, and if you can see it, it is about to rain (Letters, 23 August).
John Keith
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
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