Re the hunt for Britain’s first abstract artist (Letters, 29 December), how about a mention for Jacob Kramer’s Rite of Spring of 1920, or better still, Helen Saunders’ 1915 work Abstract Multicoloured Design?
Dr Michael Paraskos
Senior teaching fellow in art history, Imperial College London
• You again report on a “yellow snow warning” (1 January). The regular appearance of such guidance in your pages is sadly making Frank Zappa redundant.
Pete Lavender
Nottingham
• Our mum used to make what she called fluffy jelly in exactly the way Lillian Adams describes (Letters, 31 December). Our favourite version was made with lemon jelly and stewed apple added to the whipped milk. It was always a special treat.
Tracey Welch
Sunderland
• What Lillian Adams calls “jelly whip” was a Sunday tea-time staple when I was growing up in rural Essex. We knew it as “cream alley” (not sure how the second word was spelled).
Roy Smith
Great Sankey, Cheshire
• Just to put a lid on the recent flow of evaporated milk memories: my father once used condensed milk to secure loose tiles on our 60s fireplace hearth. As fast as he spread a layer, the cat sneaked up behind to lick it off.
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
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