I’m fed up with reading Guardian articles that make use of male sporting analogies. I have absolutely no idea who Stuart Broad is and I guarantee the majority of women reading your editorial (16 January) wouldn’t either. Therefore your analogy is incomprehensible. Guys, just stop this blokey, pub-style chat and wake up to your female readership, for pity’s sake! It’s well past time.
Kathy Dalwood
London
• It’s not only north and south that are relative concepts (Letters, 15 January) – so is one’s country … at least on football terraces. As a proud lifelong supporter of Dover Athletic, I can note that away fans (especially from Maidstone United) have been known to chant “You’re French and you know you are”.
David Thomas
Witney, Oxfordshire
• Geoffrey Hinton seeks a secular replacement for blessing (Letters, 14 January). A more pressing need is to give contestants on The Traitors some alternatives to “Oh my God!” for use when completely predictable things happen.
David Christmas
London
• When my 77-year-old husband is “blessed” by a well-meaning acquaintance, or sometimes a nurse, he just asks if they are qualified to utter such words. Always an awkward moment!
Christine Batley
Cromer, Norfolk
• Regarding the article (Five minutes more exercise and 30 minutes less sitting could help millions live longer, 13 January), what do I do with the extra 25 minutes?
Dave Headey
Faringdon, Oxfordshire
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