Sorry, but there's nothing as tasty as fried bacon
Could Barbara Stewart-Knox explain how, by stopping buying or eating meat, I would not be 'compromising on flavour' (Letters, 23 May)? I certainly would not like to buy expensive, additive-filled plant-based meat alternatives – and nothing tastes quite like roast chicken or fried bacon.Pete LavenderNottingham
Elon Musk's recent absence from Trump world (Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world, 25 May) provides us with the latest example of the proverb: 'If you are invited to dine with hyenas, beware; you are likely to end up as the last course.'Christopher HouseHertford
In the interview with Alan Alda ('My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six': Alan Alda on childhood, marriage and 60 years of stardom, G2, 26 May), his wife, Arlene, is reported as saying that the secret of a long marriage is 'a short memory'. When the author Olivia Harrison was asked the secret of a long marriage, she replied: 'You don't get divorced.'Margaret CoupeBuxton, Derbyshire
Tim Gossling (Letters, 23 May) suggests painting an errant tortoise's postcode on its back so it can be returned home. My grandfather, a policeman, painted 'Police' on the back of his tortoise so it was delivered to the nearest police station when it wandered.Peter AffordTeignmouth, Devon
Paul Copas (Letters, 26 May) regrets Lucy Mangan's failure to use the semicolon in her Digested week column. She more than makes up for that in her review of the Jane Austen documentary (26 May): five semicolons in one sentence.Keith HollowsHyde, Cheshire
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