Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

HELLO, little one!” Penny Dauntless greeted a robin-redbreast, who cocked his head as she pushed along her trolley of post on the daily round. “How often is there such a perfect mid-December morning?”

Jo Wood, 70, on how she has learned the value of resilience and finding joy in the everyday

JOHN LYDON WITH PHIL MEARS “This pic of myself and John Lydon was taken at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Greater Manchester, as part of his I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right spoken word tour on

I loved my gown, just not the body in it. But I had a plan to change that...