As a five-year-old in the 1950s, I wrote a letter with my Toytown writing set to my favourite uncle, who was in the navy. Before posting, I chose the shade of Noddy stamp to best complement the matching paper and envelope, then addressed it to “Uncle Bob, Malta” (Letters, 11 January). He received it, along with a hefty excess postage fee, but carried it with him in his wallet long afterwards as a cherished memory of home.
Andrea Clarkson
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
• You report that “the British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, insists the UK has some of the toughest anti-corruption laws in the world” (MPs to re-examine UK response to dirty money from Russia, 10 January). But laws and acts of parliament are just pieces of paper until their implementation is monitored.
Marika Sherwood
Oare, Kent
• It’s good to see that the Sacklers are continuing to support culture and the arts in the UK (Sackler Trust gave more than £14m to UK public bodies in 2020, 9 January). Surely it’s time to acknowledge their philanthropy by erecting a statue?
Fred Robinson
Durham
• It is to be hoped that whichever recipe is chosen for the platinum pudding for the Queen’s jubilee year (Platinum pudding for Queen’s jubilee to follow 1953’s coronation chicken, 10 January), the ingredients will be readily available from all food banks.
Mike Abbott
Beckenham, London
• Re the world’s most northerly parish, Grise Fiord is in fact at latitude 76N, not 82N (Letters, 11 January), while Longyearbyen is at 78N. Ergo, the latter is about 200km further north.
Gitte Edelman
Durham
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