Thanks for Marina Hyde, George Monbiot and Guardian letters | Brief letters

Cheering content at a difficult time | EE Cummings | Tennis etiquette | Uses for tights I have just lost my dear wife of 54 years to the cruel disease that is Alzheimer's. Both I and my five adult children are deep in grief. I must thank the Guardian today (13 May), and specifically Marina Hyde for her wonderful wry sense of humour that kept me laughing throughout, George Monbiot for some actual positive suggestions going forward at this very difficult time, and those who wrote and chose the sel...