I understand the concern about ticket prices for the theatre, but is it really “becoming the pursuit of a moneyed elite” (Editorial, 1 March)? West End prices compare reasonably with Premier League football tickets, and you can still be a groundling for superb plays at Shakespeare’s Globe for just £5.
Elaine Yeo
Enfield, London
• Zoe Williams (Who will miss the manual car when it’s gone? Only the very smuggest drivers, 4 March) is depriving herself of the deep satisfaction of smooth downward changes in a crash gearbox, necessitating the procedure known as double declutching – a dying art that I practice often in my 1970 Fiat 500.
Dr Allan Dodds
Nottingham
• Re your article (‘It doesn’t feel special’: is Soho House a victim of its own success?, 5 March), as a low-paid “creative” I went to the “exclusive” Soho House in its first years simply by following the best advice I’ve ever been given: forget expensive membership fees, just get to know the door staff. Worked every time.
Nigel Robinson
London
• I’m no fan of artificial intelligence, but let’s keep criticism of this “resurgence of disinformation” in perspective (AI-generated images of Trump with Black voters being spread by supporters, 4 March). Photoshop has been manipulating images for more than 30 years.
David Beake
Sheringham, Norfolk
• As a child, when I asked for something considered expensive, my parents would say: “Who do you think we are, the Rothschilds?” (Lord Rothschild obituary, 4 March).
Helen Evans
Ruthin, Denbighshire
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