LETTERS

PEPPERED PHEASANT

This hen (right) was one of a brace my daughter was given. Warning: may contain lead.

Will Fenn, by email

LIGHTS NOT FANTASTIC

As in many other parts of the media, your magazine’s contributors have quite rightly shown interest in the COP26 meeting in November and the long-term magnitude of the agreements reached.

What has amused me recently on local TV are the nightly pictures of the Christmas lights outside homes in the region. Granted, some are done as a fundraising stunt for charity, but to me it seems a hypocritical waste of energy. The electricity used to run what