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15:39 UK time, Wednesday, 11 March 2009

After reading Katharine Whitehorn's , I thought of all the times in my local supermarket around 6pm I have seen women in dark suits, stockings (this is Queensland) and high heels pushing a trolley and trailing a couple of weary children collected from childcare. I have yet to see a man doing this (OK, minus the high heels). Women may be wearing the suits and doing the work, but they still have to do all the other stuff too.
Susan Thomas, Brisbane, Australia

Very helpful article by Michael Blastland on the . But I think it would be useful to say "don't think about the figures, think about how you'd feel if the doctor breaks the bad news to you".
Diane, Sutton

A magic grammar corrector! On the News front page "The internet and I" links to Stephen Fry's article. But when you click through, it's corrected to .
Tim, London

Tom (Monday letters), I am so confident of my own genius I can allow myself some time off each day from my high and mighty musings in order to listen to my iPod. I do so especially when I'm on any form of public transport, lest I get dragged into conversation with someone for whom the internal voices aren't stimulating enough. Also, what's wrong with "soundtracked"? As they say, you can verb every noun.
Jack, Manchester

T Hayden (Tuesday letters), if God cannot speak to you at the moment, there is the expectation that he can speak to you at some other time. It must be disappointing to find he'll never speak because his voice is not for human hearing. Anyway, he can speak to humans when he wishes: see Samuel.
Aine, Croydon

Claire (Tuesday letters), the Globe Theatre clearly has two sides: an inside and an outside.
David Freeman, Epsom Downs, England

A round theatre is polygonal, having an infinite number of sides each of infinitely small size. This is all purely theoretical of course as no actual structure could ever be perfectly round. I'll get my double-torus shaped outergarment.
James Rigby, Wickford, Essex

Within half an hour of reading that , I was unable to access my account. When did the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ start reporting news events of the future?
Chris Clarke, Grenoble, France

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