Letter of the week
What’s in a name
I WAS interested to read your piece on the amusingly named gritter lorries of Scotland (Town & Country, January 11), but hasten to assure you that puns are also found south of Gretna. Here at the northern edge of the Cheshire plain, I have seen, since Christmas, trucks revelling in the names of Gritter Thunberg and Spreddie Flintoff.
Gavin R. Hall, Cheshire
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Everything but the kitchen sink
WHEN the late-December issue finally arrived on January 10, I found myself despairing again at the concept of ‘the live-in kitchen’. Key trends for 2023 include the). Actually, it’s not dead. My mother always said she couldn’t understand why anyone wanted to eat their dinner looking at a sink full of dirty pots and pans—and I entirely agree. Anyone who has ever cleaned a kitchen knows that grease permeates everything. I laugh at the absurdity of magazine pictures where kitchens are adorned with chandeliers or oil paintings and bedecked with soft furnishings and fabrics. The great cliche that the kitchen is the ‘heart of the home’ may well be true. It is primarily a place for cooking and food preparation, but also a private, intimate space. Visitors can be accommodated in comfort in a sitting room or dining room, but not —emphatically —in the kitchen!
