Rachel Reeves thinks it is “not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so” (Economics viewpoint, 1 February). Higher education – nay, all education – is the public good that enables safe infrastructure, healthcare, scientific and technological innovation, and the many benefits of the UK’s creative arts economy. I haven’t been to war or to prison yet, but I am fairly certain that Reeves would hold it only right that as a taxpayer I bear the costs for others to do so.
Lucy Hartley
Glasgow
• I tried the “Swiss roll” solution with my double duvet cover (Letters, 1 February), but ended up with something more like a three-tier wedding cake. Could we have a series of line diagrams?
Tom Stubbs
Surbiton, Surrey
• Using sunbed towel pegs on each corner works for me.
Jill Moorman
Runwell, Essex
• In 1970 we got a “continental quilt” as a wedding present. I wonder when they became a duvet, the French word for a sleeping bag. French people sleep under a couette. It’s all very confusing.
Janet Mansfield
Aspatria, Cumbria
• Permafrost is not “eternally frozen” (Quick crossword, 29 January); sadly, a great deal of it is melting rapidly.
Dave Butcher
Bradwell, Derbyshire
• Your report on the Cerne Abbas Giant (3 February) referred to “its face”. A view of the whole body confirms that it is definitely a he.
Phil Dowell
Bridport, Dorset
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