What better proof that the law is an ass than baby Lilah’s case (‘We were horrified’: parents heartbroken as baby girl registered as male, 19 November). She was mistakenly registered as a boy and cannot be legally re-registered as a girl, although the mistake was discovered minutes after it was made by the register office.
San Cassimally
Edinburgh
It’s not just disabled museum employees who need seats – many elderly people need them too (Security guard sues Science Museum for allegedly denying suitable chair, 17 November). I often have to forgo or cut short visits to museums and galleries through exhaustion and pain. Why don’t they provide fold-down stools that can be carried by visitors? I have used these in museums abroad.
Baden Carlson
Birmingham
Re AI pets, I’ll stick with my pet rock – now 49 years old and as hale as the day we met, which is more than can be said of me (Can a fluffy robot really replace a cat or dog? My weird, emotional week with an AI pet, 20 November).
Robert Holland
Birmingham
By all accounts, the protest by Starling Bank staff over management’s demand that they attend offices more regularly is gathering momentum (Report, 19 November). How long before it constitutes a murmuration?
Peter Barnes
Milton Keynes
To continue the Christmas theme of Paul Hanbury’s tall tree (Letters, 17 November), it’s time for readers to start saving the Guardian’s centrefold photos for wrapping presents: recycling and individuality in one.
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
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