The UK government’s new register brought in to increase transparency over offshore UK asset holders is welcome (Thousands of offshore companies with UK property still not stating real owners, 30 January). Should it now be followed by a register to increase transparency over who funds the thinktanks that have such a hold over government policy?
Tom Hardy
MP Watch
• Your cocktail of the week (Ramael Scully’s barley water with coconut caramel, 27 January) involves eight hours soaking, 40 minutes to simmer, leaving to cool, then chill. Caramel takes another 30 minutes. Sure the tongue would be hanging out of you with the thirst.
Siobhán Ní Chuanaigh
Dublin, Ireland
• Oh dear, Guardian, how far you have strayed from your roots! In your Wordsearch (1 February), the “words associated with dinner” included “port”. In my Yorkshire childhood, dinner was taken at midday, with a glass of Vimto and a straw on Sundays.
Lindy Hardcastle
Groby, Leicestershire
• An enjoyable meal of cumin-spiced chickpeas and spinach (£1 meals, 7 January), but the electricity for the meal worked out at 51p (excluding VAT and the daily standing charge). Times are hard when the energy used significantly raises the cost of a meal.
Alan Roberts
Barnoldswick, Lancashire
• Miguel Barclay’s £1 meals are so good in the current cost of living crisis, and to an 86-year-old, keen on cooking but now living alone, they are just right – not too many ingredients and perfect for one.
Anne Leslie
Tetney, Lincolnshire
