I would be worried if the Bank of England was not examining the potential impact of Britain’s exit from the EU, given that the referendum is going to happen (Bank of England gaffe reveals secret EU referendum strategy, 23 May). More interesting is the internal project name – Bookend. I wonder if the policy is to choose names that only contain the letters in “Bank of England”? Bookend is a more neutral choice than Abandoned Bogland.
Jane Edwards
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
• Could not the Chilcot report be accidentally emailed to the Guardian?
Dr John Doherty
Vienna, Austria
• I congratulate the subeditor who struck a blow for grammatical sobriety in your Eurovision article (23 May). The ‘festival of song’ is, indeed, “kitsch”, not “kitschy”. Too often, your reviewers and journalists pin an unsightly tail on this poor word. It’s as ridiculous as describing Usain Bolt as “fasty” or Joanna Lumley as “glamorousy”.
Joe Boyd
London
• Featuring the robust, revolutionary beard of William Morris on the new £20 note has much to commend it (Editorial, 25 May), not least that the beard would be difficult to forge. In his novel of the socialist future, News From Nowhere, Morris did anticipate a future where wage slavery and money had been abolished. Perhaps the Morris £20 note could be a transitional phase in this process.
Keith Flett
London
• Michael Frayn had fun with car number plates years ago (Penis, yes. Vagina, no. The rules of the number plate censor, 23 May), explaining that 4NIC7 was followed by 4NIC9.
John Sibbald
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
• Last week Prince Charles said that a visit to Sligo “allowed my wife and I...” What hope for the King’s English when he’s king?
Dr John Post
Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland
