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| When I took the 11-plus in 1960, more girls than boys got high scores (Letters, 13 September). To keep the numbers of boys and girls equal in grammar schools, boys with lower scores were admitted, while many of their higher-scoring sisters went to secondary moderns. Will this happen again?Jenny WillanCullompton, Devon | When I took the 11-plus in 1960, more girls than boys got high scores (Letters, 13 September). To keep the numbers of boys and girls equal in grammar schools, boys with lower scores were admitted, while many of their higher-scoring sisters went to secondary moderns. Will this happen again?Jenny WillanCullompton, Devon |
| • Your lovely coverage, via various articles and the cryptic crossword, of the centenary of the birth of Roald Dahl reminded me of a survey a colleague and I undertook, back in the 1990s, of the reading habits of 250 year-7 students. Roald Dahl was by far the favourite author, but with 28 versions of the spelling of his name. Our favourite was the splendidly succinct Rodarl.Shirley KalinauckasFressingfield, Suffolk | • Your lovely coverage, via various articles and the cryptic crossword, of the centenary of the birth of Roald Dahl reminded me of a survey a colleague and I undertook, back in the 1990s, of the reading habits of 250 year-7 students. Roald Dahl was by far the favourite author, but with 28 versions of the spelling of his name. Our favourite was the splendidly succinct Rodarl.Shirley KalinauckasFressingfield, Suffolk |
| • A friend who joined the BBC with me in 1960 was given a warning by one of his public school masters when he told him of his success. He should be careful, he was told, as he might find himself working with men who, how could his master put it, wore corduroy trousers (Letters, 13 September). Murray MarshallSalisbury, Wiltshire | • A friend who joined the BBC with me in 1960 was given a warning by one of his public school masters when he told him of his success. He should be careful, he was told, as he might find himself working with men who, how could his master put it, wore corduroy trousers (Letters, 13 September). Murray MarshallSalisbury, Wiltshire |
| • Peter Mason says Prince Buster (Obituary, 10 September) was the first Jamaican to have a British Top 20 hit in 1965 with Al Capone. In fact it was a hit in 1967 and the first solo British chart hit by a Jamaican was My Boy Lollipop by Millie in 1964. The half British/half Jamaican foursome the Southlanders went to No 17 with Alone in 1957. Mike BarrettSwindon, Wiltshire | • Peter Mason says Prince Buster (Obituary, 10 September) was the first Jamaican to have a British Top 20 hit in 1965 with Al Capone. In fact it was a hit in 1967 and the first solo British chart hit by a Jamaican was My Boy Lollipop by Millie in 1964. The half British/half Jamaican foursome the Southlanders went to No 17 with Alone in 1957. Mike BarrettSwindon, Wiltshire |
| • Good that David Willetts appears to have read Wittgenstein (Pass notes, G2, 12 September). He wasn’t taking credit for the metaphor “repairing a spider’s web with one’s own hands”. Was he? Margaret SquiresSt Andrews, Fife | • Good that David Willetts appears to have read Wittgenstein (Pass notes, G2, 12 September). He wasn’t taking credit for the metaphor “repairing a spider’s web with one’s own hands”. Was he? Margaret SquiresSt Andrews, Fife |
| • What joy to read Nancy Banks-Smith again (G2, 14 September). Please, please can we have more?Chloe GreavesLondon | • What joy to read Nancy Banks-Smith again (G2, 14 September). Please, please can we have more?Chloe GreavesLondon |
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