New skills for later life | Taking the knee | Unwelcome guests | Ages of women and men | Rain in Scotland
Regarding changes of direction in later life (Letters, 29 August), aged 88 and still interested in how things are made, I looked up basketry courses and found one that includes “make your own coffin”.
Monica Channell
Beckenham, London
• Having spent nearly 50 years working with computers, I have just learned how to drive and maintain a miniature steam engine. The tricks may take a little longer to learn, but they are no less satisfying when they work.
Mike Lowcock
Sandbach, Cheshire
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