Emma Beddington’s memory of her children “toddling in once a year” with breakfast on Mother’s Day (I adore Nigella Lawson. But I disagree – very much – with her about eating in bed, September 16) made me smile as I recalled my early teenage son proudly bringing me breakfast on Mother’s Day. He made boiled eggs and sandwiches, but, coming from a household known for not wasting anything, he made tea from the boiled egg water. I drank it, but we always remind him of that little “treat”.
Jane Harding
Winchester
Bans on junk food advertising (Report, September 13) and lectures on obesity have limited effectiveness and can be counterproductive. Why not make learning to enjoy exercise, being outdoors and a healthy diet core goals of the primary school curriculum, as in Finland? Enjoyment is the most powerful of all motivations.
Sandra Palmer
School Governor, Manchester
An obvious answer for vegans considering trying oysters (Letters, September 15) would be to grow the root vegetable salsify, traditionally known as “the vegetable oyster.”
Philip John Heselton
Hull
Simon Tisdall thinks a dead Donald Trump would cause anarchy and unpredictability (Opinion, September 16). What does he think a living Trump would cause and enable?
Brian Smit
Berlin, Germany
Many thanks to Lost Consonants creator Graham Rawle (obituary, September 11), a man who introduced us all to the gin genre.
Toby Hout
Peterborough