I hope your Drew Barrymore interview will give encouragement to many (Child Star, Addict, Survivor, 24 October). Barrymore shows how empowering hope and forgiveness are, and that you can find happiness despite an unhappy childhood.
Miriam Swainston
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Have your fully tattooed people (What Lies Beneath, 24 October) thought of setting up a social network? They could call it Inkedin.
Anthony Tasgal
London N10
Carrie Brownstein has “two adopted dogs” (“There was so much I wanted to destroy”, 24 October). As opposed to what? Birth dogs?
Kate Rimmer
Nottingham
As you have so accurately articulated my feelings about Halloween (Modern Tribes, 24 October), perhaps you could now tackle the subject of young women who sit on people’s shoulders at rock concerts and think nothing of blocking the view of the poor sods behind them (That’s Me In The Picture, 24 October).
Michael Woodgate
Bristol
I’m glad I’m in fashion (The Edit, 24 October), but my parka was £3.99 from a charity shop.
Carole Deery
Gildersome, Leeds
Why would Louis de Bernières choose to bring the dodo back to life only to eat it (Q&A, 24 October)?
Jan Hare
Warrington
So Church Stretton doesn’t have a secondary school (Let’s Move To, 24 October)? Apart from the 700-pupil, Ofsted-rated “good” Church Stretton secondary school.
Kev Moore
Longden Common, Shropshire
Clive James doth protest too little (24 October). But can I thank him for the many glimpses he has given us over the decades; I can even see the “scorcio” of the abbey-church of the Badia in Florence he talked about, and I’ve never been near the place.
David Reed
London
Sex secrets
We received a huge response to our sex lives feature (This Is How You Do It, 24 October). Here’s a taster…
It was four years from my first experience to my first orgasm (thanks, David). Female, 51
Two female sexual partners. Married them both. Current wife 27. Sex three times a week. Some light BDSM. We have hired a dungeon on occasion. The best part is the cuddle afterwards. Male, 57
Currently quiet: I’m five months pregnant. However, he’s my 50th sexual partner and I feel I had my fun years ago. Female, 37
The best sex was with a 48-year-old woman who slipped me her phone number on a bus (I was 28). If I could relive any day, that would be the one. Male, 33
I am almost 21 and have been with 10 men since I became active at 16. I don’t date men who ask me what my “number” is. Female, 21
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