The question of the Sphinx’s nose was conclusively settled in that peerless work Asterix and Cleopatra, where the nose falls victim to Obelix’s climbing skills (10 things from history everyone gets wrong, 18 January).
Eliza Wheaton
Didcot, Oxfordshire
• You’re welcome to the long “a” in your “bath”, lass (Emma Brockes, Opinion, 19 January) – just so long as you don’t expect northerners to have a “beth” as taken by the royal family.
Austen Lynch
Garstang, Lancashire
• A pity the Boris bridge is a no-goer (Report, 20 January). I was so looking forward to traffic having to change midway to driving on the other side of the road.
R Schuhle
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
• Here in Leeds the art gallery continues to run an excellent picture lending scheme (Letters, 22 January). For a modest annual fee you can borrow a picture from an extensive range of artworks and change it every quarter.
Martin Staniforth
Leeds
• Trump’s wall attracts much criticism, especially when he says Mexico should pay for it. It’s hard to see much difference between that and us demanding the French build fences around their ports, but being reluctant to help with the costs.
David Goodwin
Lewes, East Sussex
• The answer to Miles Brignall’s dilemma about supermarkets selling organic produce in non-recyclable packaging (Money, 20 January) is to shop at his local greengrocer/market where most things are wrapped in recyclable paper bags.
Ruth Hawkins
Barley, Hertfordshire
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