SIR – I spend £1.62p a week on stamps to the local papers, a writing-pad costs 59p, a pen 20p. I recycle the envelopes (Mr Norwood, August 21). Writing letters is my God-given talent. It helps stop me going barmy again. It also, I am often told, entertains many. All for £2.41p a week.

GEORGE COWLEY,

Worcester.