Food always tastes better in good company | Brief letters

Joy of not eating alone | Euston overcrowding | Driving over 80 | Tackling obesityLike Grace Dent I, too, eat alone, but unlike her I don’t enjoy it (‘A self-care date night’: gen Z and millennials embrace the pleasures of dining alone, 25 October). Sharing a meal with good company is a pleasure. It helps keep us sane in a time of increasing isolationism. I enjoy cooking, but not having others to share my efforts over challenging conversation makes it dull fare. Quentin MacfarlaneAuchmithie, Angus• Re overcrowding at London Euston (Letters, 23 October), I fail to understand why we don’t adopt the model used for long-distance journeys in France. Passengers should be unable to board a train without a seat reservation. This would reduce the dash for seats and overcrowding. David SindallHeswall, Wirral Continue reading...