An anti-capitalist hack for TV ads

In a desert of lunacy and lies, Monday’s Guardian was an oasis of honesty, humour and hope. Thank you.
Laurence Arnold
Stevenage, Hertfordshire

• Re “Use your TV remote” (How to be an everyday anti-capitalist, G2, 10 December), I record the TV programmes I want to watch and then fast-forward the adverts. This way, you do not have to hear or see them, apart from observing them whizzing past, and also gain about 12 minutes in every hour or so of screen time.
Susan Harvey
Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey

• I was pleased that you included Richard Cooke’s obituary, accompanied by one of his stunning photographs, in Other lives (10 December). I have one comment: I was the art editor who gave Richard his first commission for the Illustrated London News and it wasn’t because no one else was available. I believed he could do it – and how right I was!
Adrianne LeMan
London

• Save the embarrassment and enjoy the expression of disbelief on the face of the person offering the seat by saying: “My personal trainer advises that standing is good for my core strength.” Substitute physiotherapist for trainer and the statement is true (Letters, passim).
Tim Davies
Bath

• Now that I have worked out the plot and characters for my novel about vegan terrorists spreading meat-allergy ticks, how do I find a publisher (The long read, 11 December)? I think the surname will help.
Martin Hemingway
Leeds

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