Straight to the POINT

THE National Trust should stop political posturing and get on with the job of preserving, not censoring, our heritage.

COLIN MACDONALD, Nottingham.

GINGERBREAD man, gingerbread woman, gingerbread person — transginger cake?

FRANK FAULKNER, Upper Beeding, W. Sussex.

I’M PLEASED Susanna Reid has found love with a millionaire football boss. Strange how celebrities never fall for an ordinary chap.

N. WOODS, Chilton, Co. Durham.

GIVEN Victoria Beckham can’t sing or crack a smile, she’s done the other Spice Girls a favour in not joining the reunion tour.

DENNIS FISHER, Leeds.

TRUE love is when you are going through chemo and your husband picks your fallen hairs off your clothes without saying a word.

JANET HUCKIN, Tilehurst, Berks.

CHIPS from Chinese takeaways and pubs are crisp and delicious. So why are they floppy and insipid from the chippie?

ADRIAN BONNINGTON, Northampton.

FUN shows such as Tipping Point and The Chase are ruined by funeral ads in the breaks.

PHILIP BRANON, London SE25.

I’M ON a fixed income, but my new credit card has an automatic £6,000 limit. No wonder some people can’t resist running up debt.

PETER HUMPAGE, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

IF BARRATT is selling retro sweets for Christmas, can Mars bring back Spangles?

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