I was fascinated by your piece on the renaissance of the corset (Corsets take off under Bridgerton influence as lockdown lifts, 16 July), in particular the photo caption in the print edition: “Pyer Moss licked the look in Paris”. Concerned as I am to remain at the cutting edge of style, could you confirm that “licked the look” is the current way to say “looked totally ridiculous”?
Anne Cowper
Bishopston, Swansea
• Maybe it was because of the copperplate handwriting that I had been taught from the age of eight, but I passed the 11-plus examination for grammar school as Olive Woodhead (Letters, 15 July).
Clive Goodhead
Earswick, North Yorkshire
• In the 1980s, the sister newspaper to a Worcestershire local where I was learning the trade published a picture caption to accompany the review of an amateur Shakespearean production. It waxed lyrical on the joys of Titus and Ronicus. We framed it.
Ed Collard
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
• I have to take my hat off to John Boyne’s exigency for power. The power that comes from leaving your readers floundering, straight from the print article heading (Review, 17 July). What is “YA”? I will have to write this under “meme” and “woke” in my list that tells me I am ignorant, but not alone.
Barry Mitchell
Telford, Shropshire
• May I recommend to readers who may not have come across it the delightful poem Midsummer Morning Jog Log by the late lamented Michael Horowitz (Letters, 14 July)? Ideally read out loud in the garden under a tree.
Patricia Baker
Saffron Walden, Essex
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