You rightly praise Bill Maynard (Obituary, 31 March) for his splendid comedy acting but he was also excellent in serious roles. His performance in Colin Welland’s marvellous play Kisses at Fifty (1973), where he played a middle-aged man leaving his wife for a younger woman was an acting performance to treasure.
Richard Loder
Manchester
• Timothy Garton Ash (Just six months to foil Brexit, 30 March) is content to ignore the reality that in a democratic vote we decided to leave Europe. In doing so, he exhibits the same patronising arrogance of the European plutocracy. Democracy is for everyone, whether or not you like the outcome.
Stephen Morris
London
• Rosie Burns (Money, 31 March) is indeed very lucky to still live with her parents. Not a penny of her budget seems to go towards the running of their household bills, to say nothing of food and laundry. It used to be called paying your keep in the old days.
Mu Tucker
Leeds
• Please increase the size of the Killer sudoku to match the quick crossword. I am sick of my husband shrieking and groaning over breakfast because he can’t see the dotted lines on his preferred puzzle.
Maggie Greaves
Milton Keynes
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