On the idea of “levelling up” (Letters, 16 August), I was reminded of Lord Grade when he was told about the high costs of making his film, Raise the Titanic. Apparently he mused that it could possibly be cheaper to lower the Atlantic.
John Rathbone
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• You could lace a billion pairs of shoes with the irony of the prime minister, Boris Johnson, telling the Commons on Wednesday that on Afghanistan, “we will judge this regime on the choices it makes and by its actions rather than its words” (Tories rebuke Boris Johnson over ‘catastrophic’ Afghanistan failure, 18 August).
Mark Boyle
Johnstone, Renfrewshire
• We were a non-sewing family. Fortunately, you could buy made-up clothes from Clothkits (Letters, 17 August). I regularly wear two shirts bought in the late 1980s. Moreover, they still fit.
Chris Palmer
Ayr, Ayrshire
• After the comment by Christine Hawkes (Letters, 16 August), I am reminded that, upon prescribing metformin tablets for me, my doctor pointed out that my posterior would be able to play the whole of the Last Night of the Proms. “You’ll be blown away by it,” he said. How right he was.
Philip Wood
Port Logan, Wigtownshire
• If any readers are feeling wistful about their inability to fully participate in the latest trend, I have a recipe for a very nice sprout curry which I could share.
Mike Perry
Ickenham, London
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