□ “OUR HOUSE, in the middle of the street,” sang popular North London ska band Madness in the eighties. But I can’t imagine they were particularly popular with local residents if they had a house blocking the middle of the road. If their house had been at the side of the street like everyone else’s, then perhaps their popularity wouldn’t have steadily declined over the last four decades.
Micky Bullock, Bristol
□ ACCORDING to the futurist Thomas Friedman, we live in an age of acceleration where everything we see, touch and feel is exponentially faster and more connected than at any time in the history of the human race. Yet I notice the speed of light has not changed since the 17th century, and even Albert Einstein couldn’t make it go any faster. So come on physicists. Get your shit together and join the 21st century.
Pete D, Broxbourne
□ I WONDER what former Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick will do now she’s been given the boot? Panto is the obvious place for a celebrity failure, and she’s already got a funny little uniform. As well as that, she’ll know loads of bawdy jokes, she’s a Dame and she’s called Dick. She’s an absolute shoo-in.
Stuie, Bunny
□ to Amazon, one of the best selling books of last year – by Merlin Sheldrake – ran to 360 pages and was all about mushrooms! Well, I’m no expert, but I’m sorry, there just isn’t that much to