Short order

Systematic approach

Sir, – I have noticed that films and books produced during lockdown tended to be very long, as if the lack of urgency of the time encouraged a certain long-windedness.

I feel this has infected letters to The Irish Times too. I have a system for dealing with these long letters. I read the first paragraph and the last.

I’ll keep this short. – Yours, etc,

GEMMA McCROHAN,

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Dublin 16.