One aspect of the emergence of day parties which your article didn’t highlight is the fact that a 4-10pm event is far better for those of us with children (‘By 8pm it is time to head home’: whatever happened to the big night out?, 28 November). Have you ever been out till 6am, and then been woken up by a gregarious, energy-filled six-year-old 90 minutes later? No? Well, it’s hell on earth.
Heli Vaterlaws
Brighton
• The author of your article on the decline in nightlife didn’t mention sex and the joys of being on the pull. Less fun in daylight without a drink. I’m old now but, God, I miss all that.
Jen Murray
Brighton
• Criminal cases against Donald Trump are dropped (Report, 25 November) on the same day that Joe Biden pardons two turkeys (The US politics sketch, 25 November). Surely proof that the outgoing US president has a wry sense of humour.
Toby Wood
Peterborough
• Considering all Storm Conall’s ill effects (Report, 28 November), and what may come after, will the next be Storm Kinell (ofttimes spelt with an apostrophe at the start).
Rahul Desai
London
• The proof can be “in the pudding” (Letters, 27 November) if the pudding contains sherry, port, cognac or another spirit.
Steen Petersen
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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