This ‘old lady hand’ is giving ageism the finger

‘I can’t believe that in 2026 an article assumes that women need to hide their age,’ writes Ruth Valentine. Photograph: Westend61 GmbH/Alamy

I can’t believe that in 2026 an article assumes that women need to hide their age (From fat transplants to LED mittens: how the fear of ‘old lady hands’ mobilised the beauty industry, 9 April). I’m an old lady; I have old lady hands. I didn’t know it was an insult.
Ruth Valentine
London

• OK, so the demise of Rose’s Lime Marmalade is a blow (Rose’s Lime Marmalade? Gone. Dark chocolate Bounty? No more. But what about their heartbroken fans?, 8 April), but the death of Butterscotch Instant Whip in 2004 remains, by far, the greater tragedy.
Stephen Percy
Easton, Hampshire