The king’s speech (Report, 7 November) might have had more substance if it had included a bill to ban Christmas adverts and piped music before, say, 10 December. On 7 November, I was treated to a Christmas music loop in my mother’s care home, and assaulted by snow, sledging and Father Christmas in TV adverts. How do we curb this collective madness?
Chris Pullin
Hereford
• Our household sticks to British summer time all year round (Digested week, 3 November). This simply means getting up and going to bed an hour before everybody else. It is surprisingly easy to make the necessary mental adjustment for train times and so on. The result is that it doesn’t get dark before 5pm, which reduces the horror of long, dark evenings, and it’s easier to stay cheerful.
Patricia Pipe
Saltash, Cornwall
