Six men in the queue for papers on Wednesday morning; four had no face coverings (Let’s not pretend the anti-mask babies would have lasted a minute in the blitz, 30 November). As I collected my Guardian, I faced the queue and in a loud, penetrating voice (I’m a retired head of a comprehensive) I said: “Where are your masks?” They all looked sheepish while I said: “You’re all in detention tonight.” How do they think medical staff cope with full PPE?
Vicki Morley
Penzance, Cornwall
• What do the fox, the hare, the pheasant, the partridge and the wild duck have in common? They form the quintet of Marks & Spencer’s “animal socks” designs, neatly stitched, in attractive colours. A quirky choice of British wild animals, I thought, until I realised that they are celebrating British hunting. There’s a handkerchief range too.
R Cullen
Edinburgh
• I have just received an invoice from Parcelforce to pay £40.88 in customs charges for a box of wine that my father sends each year for Christmas. It’s a pity that these charges apply to us all and not just Brexit voters.
Ellen Hollingworth
Gislingham, Suffolk
• What Jonathan Van-Tam failed to mention in his football analogy (The politics sketch, 29 November) was that we started the match against Covid 10-nil down as a result of a decade of NHS underfunding.
Deirdre Burrell
Mortimer, Berkshire
• If a Pi variant of Covid emerges, will it be 3.142 times as infectious?
Chris Baker
Willington, Derbyshire
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