Straight to the POINT

WEARING two hospital gowns for modesty (Letters) is typical of the public sector attitude to spend more, waste more.

JOHN COLLINS, Bourne End, Bucks.

HOW many children does Boris have? As long as he keeps his promises to those who voted him in, I don’t care about his private life.

JANE PARKER, York.

IF BORIS visited the flood victims, he would be about as useful as a bucket with a hole in it.

RONALD BALL, Farnborough, Hants.

BOWLS players glancing through the window of a changing room in a girls’ school (Mail)? I bet most have trouble seeing the full length of the bowling green.

K. MATTHEWS, Carlton, Notts.

WHAT an unfortunate name for Nigella Lawson’s new book: Cook, Eat, Repeat. Does it mean every recipe gives you indigestion?

ROZ MEIKLE, Taunton, Somerset.

LONDON has new statues of film stars, but not one honouring Princess Diana.

ANNA BROOKS, Calveley, Cheshire.

FLYING home from Tenerife, I spotted a woman with an unusual face mask: she had cut her bra in half and tied it on with string to keep abreast of the coronavirus problem.

FRANK BUSBY, Evesham, Worcs.

CONGRATULATIONS to the couple celebrating their diamond wedding (Letters). We have been married for 70 years — our platinum wedding — and still go to the shops most days.

KEN & ELIZABETH HAWKINS, Nottingham.

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