I agree with Tim Dowling (Can you do these 10 annual jobs in just one day? G2, 1 November) about the naming of the “man drawer”, an essential part of any household with or without a man, and previously known by me as “that drawer in the kitchen”, a name which everyone recognised. However, the contents of mine are now dispersed in a pocketed device hanging on my utility room door, admired by passing tradespeople as a good solution, and making it easy to find anything.
Penelope Stanford
Longfield, Kent
• As 2016 is clearly becoming the year of the unexpected – Leicester City, Brexit, Boris as foreign secretary and in all likelihood, President Trump – I’m sticking a tenner on Ed Balls to dance his way to victory. Stranger things have happened.
Ian Grieve
Steyning, West Sussex
• Nate Silver, who analyses baseball and election statistics and accurately predicted the outcome of the US 2012 elections in 50 states, joked last May that the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series for the first time in 108 years, and Trump would be president. This week the Cubs won the World Series (Report, 3 November, theguardian.com).
Chris Wallis
Stockport
• A further Orgreave question demanding a public answer ( Letters, 2 November): why, as Tam Dalyell reported, was the head of MI5 there?
Tom Dougan
Fife
• I have just got home from seeing Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake (Letters, 2 November) and felt I had to express something about this magnificent, heartbreaking film. How has our country descended to such levels of unfeeling inhumanity? Anyone concerned about the cost of “scroungers” and benefit fraud should see it.
Lila Lent
London
• No raspberries here (Letters, 3 November) but my hypericum is still in full bloom.
Dennis Ruston
Derby
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