Think again about this Sigmund Freud revival | Brief letters

Psychoanalysis comeback | Worldrenowned floggers | Lights, camera, Croydon | Pantomime in parliament | Full-leaf failures

Hannah Zeavin quotes Harold Bloom in praise of Sigmund Freud's metaphors (Psychoanalysis has returned': why 2023 broughtanewFreud revival, 29 December). Bloom also said: I do not know of anyone who has ever benefited from Freudian or any other mode of analysis, exceptforbeing, to use the populartrope, so badly shrunk,that they became quite dried out" (Paris Review, 1991).
Robert Kramer
Budapest, Hungary

I was interested to read the story about Killing Kittens (It gives us control': rise in women exploring sexual fantasy in midlife, 1 January). In the description of the birthday ball, among the attractions listed were worldrenowned floggers". I've obviously led a sheltered life. Canone find them on LinkedIn?
Mike Vaughan
Cardiff