Your Letters
17:02 UK time, Friday, 11 January 2008
Not to denigrate Liverpool's status as but I went off the whole idea when I read Oxford's pitch for the post. It summed up several ancient colleges - and the famous Bodleian Library - with the expressive and cultured phrase "where Harry Potter was filmed".
Edward Green, London, UK
So, Prince William could "pop out" to the local supermarket and . Nice. Even if fellow students couldn't comment on HRH, surely they could comment on the fact that the supermarket was selling asparagus in a student town.
Adrian, Chester
As a result of a recent spate of frankly unbelievable stories - being the latest example - I'd like to nominate a new category of articles that were SURELY written for April Fools' Day, but have found themselves liberated too early.
Luke L, London, UK
Re : Just because it's a headline doesn't mean it has to be such awful English.
Sonia, London
Dear Magazine,
I would like to thank you for a lovely .
I apologise for taking it a little late.
Yours sincerely,
Lee, Manchester
Re the and fears of monologues at dinner parties (Thursday letters). Seating is typically male/female around the table, and "turning the table" at the main course is accomplished by the hostess, who merely turns from the gentleman with whom she has been talking through the soup and the fish course to the gentleman on her other side. In a moment everyone at table is talking to a new neighbour. To refuse to change partners is to cause the whole table to be blocked, leaving one lady and one gentleman staring alone at their plates. At this point the hostess has to come to the rescue by attracting the blocking lady's attention and saying, "Sally, you cannot talk to Professor Bugge any longer! Mr Smith has been trying his best to attract your attention." (Emily Post, 1922, p. 221.)
Naomi P, Sussex
In , it says: "The Bank of England opted to keep rates unchanged at 5.5% on Thursday but many economists expect the Bank to lower the cost of borrowing February." But why would anyone want to borrow February - such a dreary month, and you'd only have to pay it back along with half of March. Why not borrow July instead?
Richard Peers, Croydon
I was a puzzled to read your item link on the Magazine index which described licking a dead cat as "strangely sweet" (Paper Monitor, Thursday). I'd have said quite earthy, a bit gamey, with some undertones of wet fur.
Shiz, Cheshire, UK
Doesn't the tale of Louis the octopus befriending sound like an adventure story for children?
Poisoned Pirate, The Flying Fox
So, it's the . When is it Bracknell's turn?
Sharon Shepperd, High Wycombe, UK
Don't you realise, given the currently globesity crisis, you've just given sorbitol the biggest free endorsement you could ()?
Henri, Sidcup
I still miss the caption competition. Will you ever bring it back?
Helen, Guildford
Monitor note: Patience is a virtue, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Mornington Crescent?
Ian, Cosenza, Italy
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