The song that lifted the veil of dementia

Care workers and residents at a music therapy group session at a care home in Oxfordshire. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

When my late husband was in the last stages of dementia (Letters, 21 September), and had lost the ability to talk, I took to his care home an old cassette of the Welsh tenor David Lloyd. When the singer began Myfanwy, my husband looked at me, smiled, and recited all the words of the song: it was the last time that I heard his voice. I will for ever treasure the memory.
Christine Edwards
Veryan, Cornwall

• I understand that Rishi Sunak’s pledge to fine people £10 for missing a GP appointment may be back on the table (Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation, 22 September). I hope this practice becomes reciprocal throughout the NHS – my dentist will owe me £40.
John Lovelock
Bristol