A year on from my husband’s death, I am actually beginning to enjoy what one letter writer calls the “gentle art of death cleaning” (Letters, 8 April). I have been finding treasure. Today was two tins of old coins, a sheaf of ancient foreign currency notes, a collection of old cameras, a few pipes, and an old AA car plate. All are being carefully kept for my daughters and grandsons.
Susan Treagus
Manchester
• I’m grateful for the advice from the “leading UK experts” about how much food I should stash away in the event of a doomsday scenario (Oats, sardines and crisps: emergency foods to stockpile – and why you should share them, 4 April). I have two follow-up questions: how many toilet rolls is the subsequent diet likely to require, and where on earth I am supposed to put it all while I wait?
Anne Cowper
Bishopston, Swansea
• An envelope from HM Revenue and Customs stated that it is “Your tax service – here to support”. The letter inside said that I had received a winter fuel payment to which I wasn’t entitled, so they were going to claw it back. Some support.
Geoff Holman
Knutsford, Cheshire
• I had previously thought that the reputed American inability to understand irony was a myth. Not now (JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election, 7 April).
Alan Pearson
Broadbottom, Greater Manchester
• I dream of having a name that someone asks me to spell (Letters, 8 April).
Mary Smith (nee Jones)
Bearsted, Kent
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