17 SEPTEMBER 2005, Page 49

Q. My lady-wife and I have planned to spend our

autumn years among the literary groups beside Aldeburgh’s pebbly beach but worry that your advice for the male literati to wear ladies’ pyjamas for breakfast there may tempt transvestites to the salty shore. Better that the early morning promenaders should be encouraged to don their peignoirs back to front après nages.

O.J., Aldeburgh, Suffolk A. Or indeed the pyjama bottoms themselves since a glimpse through the aperture of the back bottom would be much less shocking than a glimpse through the front. Thank you to the many other readers who have responded with such enthusiasm to the plight of the pyjama wearer who first shared his problem with us.