Shocking pink Guardian masthead takes some getting used to

A range of colourful Guardian mastheads from the early days of the paper’s tabloid format, before the regular colour became what Jo Macdonald describes as a ‘smart, sophisticated dark blue’. Photograph: The Guardian

The attempt to ban “essay mills” is likely to just drive them underground (University chiefs ‘urge education secretary to ban essay mills’, 27 September). The easiest way to avoid this practice is for lecturers/tutors to stop setting “essays”. Other forms of assessment are available – and should be less boring to read and easier to mark.
Brian Whalley
(National Teaching Fellow), Sheffield

• I’ve liked the Guardian’s smart, sophisticated dark-blue masthead. I’d like a bit of warning of upcoming colour changes; I visited the shop half asleep on Saturday, and the bright pink was a bit startling. Was this done to make sure we were all paying attention on a Saturday morning?
Jo Macdonald
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

• Until I read various recent articles on polyamory (Letters, 27 September), I thought it was a fictional seaside village in Scotland featured in a children’s TV show.
Jim Parry
Crosby, Merseyside

• Successful relationships (Letters, 28 September)? Try HRT – humour, respect and trust
Christiane Goaziou
Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire

• The long read (28 September) takes three pages to explore the pop singer Robyn’s “seismic cultural impact”. No, me neither.
Liz Fuller
London

• At last a positive Brexit headline. (Meat may be off menu at schools, prisons and pubs, 29 September)
Rhys Harrison
Llandudno, Conwy

• Chequers flags.
Jerry Stuart
London