21-03-2025 19:01 via theguardian.com

I’m still here, in case you were wondering | Letters

Birthday blues | Historic sites | The T-word | Mythical posties | Chiffchaff firstAfter more than 30 years of appearing in it, I have to confess I felt a little disappointed to see that I was omitted from your list (Birthdays, print edition, 15 March). I would like to reassure anyone who might care that I’m still here, and 76 this year. By the way, who is Howard Devoto?
John Duttine
Worthing, West Sussex• While we marvelled at Amiens Cathedral in France, our son, then eight, commented
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