Anders Ditlev Clausager (age 71)BirminghamFiona Collins (Letters, 28 May) offers to have a go at my obituary. I might just settle for inclusion in your Birthdays column – mine is on 11 August. David HockneyLa Grande Cour, Normandy, FranceI see that Boris Johnson has announced his latest vanity project, a new royal yacht to be used as a floating trade mission (Boris Johnson plans to sink £200m into new ship of state, 31 May). David PJ SmithDunning, PerthshireIt is not only lager drinkers who are given short shrift in the Albion, Chester (Letters, 26 May). Another sign reads “All our customers give us joy when they arrive … and some when they leave”.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2021 15:56 UTC