Sir – So Olive didn’t have much meat in her ‘large-size steak, onion and real ale pie . . . three pieces to be exact.’ But at last she ‘very much liked her gravy.’ Your Arts Editor’s visit to Thame’s James Figg (Weekend, January 14) left us breathless for the following week’s episode.

And what did he do? He took a holiday in Jamaica and prolonged the agony for a whole fortnight. Oh Christopher, you tantalizing teaser!

But at least he softened the blow by sending us no less than five delightful photos of himself at play in the West Indies.

Rita Fitzgerald, Oxford