How the light gets in on the darkest days | Brief letters

Leonard Cohen's Anthem | Champagne socialists | Betting on high blood pressure | Relatives at Wimbledon | Country diary's play on words Another song by Leonard Cohen, Anthem, is one that I would like played at my own funeral, rather than Hallelujah (Editorial, 1 July). Cohen died in November 2016, just before Trump was elected. Since then, the words of the chorus have sustained me through the darkest days of our recent history: "Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everythi...