Suma’s ethical food | Reading the Guardian for a longer life | A sweet tooth | Cultural deserts | Paris near Holmfirth | New Yorks and New Zealands in the UK

Thank you for shining a light on Suma (The firm that pays all of its workers the same wage, 1 January). I joined to get access to organic, ethical food soon after it started. I still get a thrill when the pantechnicon pulls up driven by little Rachel. We need many more companies with Suma co-operative ethics, starting with the care sector.

Lorrie Marchington

Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire

• The secret to enjoying a longer life (G2, 3 January): read the Guardian in bed with a mug of tea. News, politics, arts, beautiful photography, favourite columnists, the travails of Newcastle United and much more. Head buzzing and alert, ready to face the day.

Jean Jackson

Seer Green, Buckinghamshire

• Re your article on sweeteners (3 January), one should cut down on artificial sweeteners anyway. They merely accentuate a sweet tooth. Better, as I have done, to wean yourself off excess sugar. Sweet tea now tastes revolting!

Sue Chapman

Eynsham, Oxfordshire

• We have the city of culture. Yvette Cooper proposes the town of culture (Editorial, 31 December). Surely it is now time for the suburb of philistinism and the village of profound isolation?

Andrew Ravensdale

London

• No sign of the gilets jaunes (yet) at Paris near Holmfirth (Letters, 3 January).

Barry Russell

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

• There are 11 places called New York and five New Zealands in the UK, according to the Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Great Britain.

Richard Gosnell

Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

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