I totally disagree with Jonathan Jones’s review of the Grayson Perry retrospective (Grayson Perry: Smash Hits review – English self-mockery without insight or depth, 24 July). Why object to “Englishness” in Edinburgh during the international festival? Would he object to a Vermeer exhibition portraying “Dutchness”? As for Alan Measles, surely an artist is at liberty to portray his muse as often as is appropriate?
Shirley Hetherington
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire
• My grandfather’s Sunday lunch never varied: three “small” Yorkshires with gravy for a starter (as all Yorkshire people should), another couple with the roast, then three more for afters with jam on them (Yorkshire puddings: three weird, delicious ways to eat Britain’s favourite regional delicacy, 26 July). They finished him off at 88 years. Granny outlived him, having spent 50 years going backwards and forwards to the oven.
Jan Clark
Everdon, Northamptonshire
