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Madam, – While I agree wholeheartedly with David Wilkins’s sentiments on the interrogation he received while trying to buy a packet of Solpadeine (August 6th), I don’t agree that the new restrictions on the purchase of over-the-counter codeine-based products are a good idea.I too have been made feel like a heroin addict when buying same, but I find for certain aches and pains the soluble codeine/paracetamol tablets are the quickest and best solution, and I can’t help wondering if people more sensitive than myself will simply change tack and over-medicate on simple paracetamol and aspirin remedies. – Yours, etc,

 NORMAN DAVIES,

 Belton Terrace,

 Bray, Co Wicklow.

(Letters, The Irish Times, August 10)

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So, nine years after singing on the soundtrack for Moulin Rouge, Christina Aguilera is finally in a film about burlesque. Unless there’s a surprise alien attack halfway through the film, the trailer tells us what we need to know – a small town girl goes to the bright lights of LA and, after some minor trials and tribulations, makes it big. Cher plays the mentor roll and, at 64, is better preserved than some screen vampire queens. Maybe that’s the twist – she stays young by bathing in the blood of unsuccessful dancers.

I can dream, right?