You might be interested to know that Mrs Frankenburg followed her own advice that "infants should hardly be indoors at all between 8 in the morning and 5 at night in the winter, and from 7am to 10pm in the summer" (G2, 7 April). As babies we had a specially made cot with three solid wood sides that gave some shelter from the wind. If it was raining or snowing this would be wheeled into the veranda. As we got older we were turned out of the house after breakfast and allowed back in at tea time. We had a large veranda, in which we played if the weather was bad, with sliding "walls" that gave some shelter from driving rain and snow. This was where I was home-schooled up to the age of 10, my brothers until they went to school at about six. This was also where we had lunch. In winter we were dressed in jerseys, felt overboots and mittens, and had a small electric fire when there was a frost.
Ursula Kennedy (nee Frankenburg)
Newbury, Berkshire
• "Cameron's government is resolutely refusing to compensate [Kikuyu] survivors [because] responsibility for any crimes by colonial authorities passed to the new Kenyan government after independence" (Comment, 7 April). So if the body I buried 20 years ago in the cellar of the house I then owned is discovered, the present owner of that house is liable in law and likely to be charged with murder? Well, I can sleep easy now.
Derek Elton
Todmorden, West Yorkshire
• If Cameron, May and Johnson really want to clear Parliament Square before the royal wedding (Report, 8 April) the answer is staring in them the face. Withdraw the troops from Afghanistan, cancel Trident, and commit the savings to education and health. Now that really would be worth celebrating.
Rob Watling
Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
• You explain the Chinese culture ministry's concerns regarding the visit of Bob Dylan (Report, 7 April). Perhaps they've heard his album Ai Weiwei 61 Revisited.
David Keys
Bratislava, Slovakia
• Nick Clegg regularly weeps when he listens to music (G2, 8 April); I often weep when I listen to Nick Clegg.
John Bolton
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire