Flights from concord: the joys versus climate goals

Adjacent articles online – Fear, panic and chaos: the joy of flying from the UK to New York again (Emma Brockes, 12 November) and How can Britain cut emissions when the Tory party fetishises travel? (Andy Beckett, 12 November). Not only Tories…Eddie DougallBury St Edmunds, Suffolk

• I apologise for the delay in sending this letter, but I have been busy for the past few days scouring supermarkets for mulberry pekmez (From gözleme to pekmez: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Turkish-inspired recipes, 13 November).John CrawshawWakefield, West Yorkshire

• In answer to the first question in the kids’ quiz (13 November), babies grow in women’s wombs (colloquially, perhaps, “tummies”) but not imprecisely “in a person’s tummy”. If we are imparting biological knowledge through fun (the aim, surely, of a kids’ quiz), let’s get it right.Gillian DalleyLondon

• I have for some months carried a Boriscard, which states that I do not wish the PM to visit me in hospital under any circumstances (Letters, 12 November). They are available, and free, from the excellent independent bookshop News From Nowhere, on Bold Street in Liverpool.Jean DaviesWoolton, Liverpool

• I’m with Pat Notley (Letters, 11 November). Making batches of four Christmas puddings every three years means that there is always a mature, delicious pudding for Christmas. They really are one of the easiest puddings to make. Diane WoodleyWestgate-on-Sea, Kent

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Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Flights from the UK, following the easing of pandemic travel restrictions, landed at JFK international airport in New York on 8 November.