Butter’s in the oven

SIR – A marble slab in a traditional pantry (Letters, July 18) is not the only answer to runny butter. My cold empty Aga is my summer larder. Vivien Coombs

Hungerford, Berkshire

SIR – With a chunk of a coarse baguette and some good Spanish olive oil, we can all, for a moment, be Ernest Hemingway’s Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper in the movie).

And after breakfast, there is Ingrid Bergman... Graham Clifton

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey