Life begins at fortysomething? : LETTERS

From Mr John Henderson Sir: If, as you report ("Major `planning his political departure' ", 27 December), John Major intends to start a new career in a couple or so years when he will be in his mid-fifties, can we assume that others of that age can confidently expect to find employment and not be too old at 40?

Yours faithfully, JOHN HENDERSON Beech, Hampshire 28 December