Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s fitted kitchen was not the first (‘That damned kitchen!’ How the inventor of the fitted kitchen came to see it as a curse, 12 November). George Browne, of Troutbeck in the Lake District, built his stunning fitted kitchen in the early 1800s. It would be hard to adapt the design to modern kitchens, but it’s a remarkable feat of joinery that’s worth seeing at Browne’s farmhouse, Townend, which is now in the care of the National Trust. Lynn Fotheringham Over Kellet, Lancashire Like Colin Struthers, I live in the Rossendale Valley and would like to see restaurant recommendations nearer to where I live (Letters, 8 November). We can even get out of the valley to Manchester, but they won’t let us on the London train with our ferrets. Carole Ludlow Mooney Bacup, Lancashire I am all for the provision of baby formula on the NHS (Report, 8 November). I have fond memories from the 1960s of keeping my Lego in tins from National Dried Milk, which was available to families with children from 1941 into the 70s. Ian Simmons Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex If a species existing in large enough numbers to environmentally damage their habitat is to be classed as an infestation (Letters, 12 November), where does that leave humanity? Peter Ostrowski Wickford, Essex Lysistrata revisited (‘No man will touch me until I have my rights back’: why is the 4B movement going viral after Trump’s win?, 7 November). That ended a war. What will this do? Julia Bovard Sydney, Australia