A definitive list of what’s cool (and what’s not cool) | Letters

<p>Readers respond to an article by Elle Hunt and share their own definitions of coolness</p><p>What a lovely piece by Elle Hunt (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/30/can-i-learn-to-be-cool-even-though-i-am-garrulous-swotty-and-wear-no-show-socks">Can I learn to be cool – even though I am garrulous, swotty and wear no-show socks?, 30 October</a>). Coolness resides in those people who are whole in themselves, who do not stop to question whether they are cool, but simply do, love what they do, and are generally excellent at it. Authenticity is cool. Less is more is cool. By definition you, Elle, are cool (you write for the Guardian).</p><p>Celebrities: mostly pseudo-cool. Manicured cool, manufactured cool, is not cool. Miles Davis, for a large chunk of his existence, bathed&nbsp;in cool, personified cool and&nbsp;damn near invented cool.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/04/a-definitive-list-of-whats-cool-and-whats-not-cool">Continue reading...</a>