You do know that there are houses and flats in this country that have only one bathroom, don’t you? My husband and I live in one, and would invite a journalist to visit this quaint living arrangement if we weren’t practising social distancing. Lynn FotheringhamOver Kellet, Lancashire• Page 192 of the new Hilary Mantel book The Mirror & the Light: “…rumours of plague … It is not wise to allow crowds in the streets, or pack bodies into indoor spaces.” Cromwell, thou shouldst be living at this hour. Ian ChurchillBramhope, Leeds• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters• Do you have a photo you’d like to share with Guardian readers? Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2020 18:45 UTC