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| Despite his profound knowledge of world history, in describing the Iran nuclear deal as “the worst deal ever” (Report, 11 October), President Trump seems to have forgotten, for starters, the Munich agreement and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.Tim OttevangerLutterworth, Leicestershire | Despite his profound knowledge of world history, in describing the Iran nuclear deal as “the worst deal ever” (Report, 11 October), President Trump seems to have forgotten, for starters, the Munich agreement and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.Tim OttevangerLutterworth, Leicestershire |
| • The grounds for the appeal court decision (Segregation of boys and girls at religious schools illegal, 14 October), that every child suffers illegal discrimination when not allowed to mix with the opposite sex, must logically apply to single-sex schools too. And not before time.Tim BellNottingham | • The grounds for the appeal court decision (Segregation of boys and girls at religious schools illegal, 14 October), that every child suffers illegal discrimination when not allowed to mix with the opposite sex, must logically apply to single-sex schools too. And not before time.Tim BellNottingham |
| • You publish an intriguing set of questions for Oxford interview candidates. (Why Oxford asks its applicants ‘would you run a red light?’, 13 October). Another one might be: how can it be that 50% or more of Oxbridge undergraduates come from the 7% of the population who go to private schools? As with the other questions, maybe there is no right answer.Steve DempseyEdinburgh | • You publish an intriguing set of questions for Oxford interview candidates. (Why Oxford asks its applicants ‘would you run a red light?’, 13 October). Another one might be: how can it be that 50% or more of Oxbridge undergraduates come from the 7% of the population who go to private schools? As with the other questions, maybe there is no right answer.Steve DempseyEdinburgh |
| • It may not have happened on 27 September as Colin Barr (Letters, 9 September) hoped, but on Saturday East Fife did manage to win by the magical score of 5-4. Sadly not against Forfar but Albion Rovers. Let’s see what happens on 27 January.Steven EdgarBristol | • It may not have happened on 27 September as Colin Barr (Letters, 9 September) hoped, but on Saturday East Fife did manage to win by the magical score of 5-4. Sadly not against Forfar but Albion Rovers. Let’s see what happens on 27 January.Steven EdgarBristol |
| • I was fascinated by the report of the house with spherical rooms (Home and away, 14 October) but the details should have made it clear that any new owner would have to invest heavily in beer mats to keep the furniture level.James CairdLudlow, Shropshire | • I was fascinated by the report of the house with spherical rooms (Home and away, 14 October) but the details should have made it clear that any new owner would have to invest heavily in beer mats to keep the furniture level.James CairdLudlow, Shropshire |
| • Discussion of the dual use of lavatorial reading matter (Letters passim) reminds me of Scouse Mouse, George Melly’s autobiography of his childhood years. His father, determined that the household should economise, ordered a three-sheet limit: “One up, one down and a polisher.”Neil LevisLondon | • Discussion of the dual use of lavatorial reading matter (Letters passim) reminds me of Scouse Mouse, George Melly’s autobiography of his childhood years. His father, determined that the household should economise, ordered a three-sheet limit: “One up, one down and a polisher.”Neil LevisLondon |
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