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| If John Lewis needs to raise capital without departing too far from its staff partnership model (How to solve a problem like John Lewis? Retail experts give their views, 24 March), why doesn’t it follow the Co-op’s example and invite customers to join the business? Many would be eager to buy a £10 share in the firm in exchange for a few special offers and maybe 1% off purchases above a certain amount.Karey HunterLeicester | |
| Your analysis of the England v Ukraine match (27 March) referred to “the ball curving straight from Saka’s foot and continuing in a cool, smooth parabola … a section of a perfect circle”. Wrong! Parabolas and circles are mathematically different curves, and no football (or anything else for that matter) could travel along both at the same time.Richard KuperLondon | Your analysis of the England v Ukraine match (27 March) referred to “the ball curving straight from Saka’s foot and continuing in a cool, smooth parabola … a section of a perfect circle”. Wrong! Parabolas and circles are mathematically different curves, and no football (or anything else for that matter) could travel along both at the same time.Richard KuperLondon |
| I enjoyed Louise Cumiskey’s verbal defences of the stay-at-home mother (Letters, 23 March). My late mother also resented the implied slur. She would describe herself as a “domestic economist”, even on her passport application.Barbara NaughtonRushlake Green, East Sussex | I enjoyed Louise Cumiskey’s verbal defences of the stay-at-home mother (Letters, 23 March). My late mother also resented the implied slur. She would describe herself as a “domestic economist”, even on her passport application.Barbara NaughtonRushlake Green, East Sussex |
| When asked “Do you work?”, I’ve been known to reply: “Yes, very well thank you, apart from my eyes, which require optical assistance.”Jane ElliottShrewsbury, Shropshire | When asked “Do you work?”, I’ve been known to reply: “Yes, very well thank you, apart from my eyes, which require optical assistance.”Jane ElliottShrewsbury, Shropshire |
| Given the Tories’ failures on the economy, food prices, the NHS, policing, courts, the environment, water quality, education etc, can we condemn people who turn to nitrous oxide (Rishi Sunak to ignore independent advice and ban laughing gas in UK, 26 March)?Peter BrookerWest Wickham, London | Given the Tories’ failures on the economy, food prices, the NHS, policing, courts, the environment, water quality, education etc, can we condemn people who turn to nitrous oxide (Rishi Sunak to ignore independent advice and ban laughing gas in UK, 26 March)?Peter BrookerWest Wickham, London |
| I wonder how many quinoa-eating Guardian readers agree that salad is rabbit food (11 across, Quick crossword, 25 March).Ian WatsonGlasgow | I wonder how many quinoa-eating Guardian readers agree that salad is rabbit food (11 across, Quick crossword, 25 March).Ian WatsonGlasgow |
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