Steve McQueen is a brilliant artist and this was a really good interview (4 January). But doesn't it suggest how much we may be losing by streaming and segregating our schools? McQueen is amazing and determined enough to have got through despite all that discouragement, but many others who also have talent will not have done. I hope at some point he is able to open up more about his schooling, and maybe make a film about the subject.
Jessie MacDonald
London
The headline "Shamed" on your 4 January cover is presumably a reference to Steve McQueen's admission of dyslexia. The shame should lie not with him but with the educators who failed him; as with slavery, the shame should lie not with the enslaved, but with the perpetrators.
John and Mary Peet
Keighley, West Yorkshire
It's not proper New Year yet, and the damned Roman calendar makes no sense at all. How can a new year start in the middle of winter? Wait until spring, then see how you feel about starting something new or stopping destructive behaviour. I love the winter, but it's about the worst time imaginable to make significant changes in your life.
Daniel Sait
South Heighton, East Sussex
In March 2010, I, too, vowed never to enter the new Tesco Express housed in the old pub behind my house. I kept my word, Tim.
Clare Viney
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
I fully understand Lucy Mangan wanting to spend "eight straight days without leaving the house", but I'm a bit concerned for her son. Doesn't he need to go to the park, meet other toddlers and get a bit of fresh air occasionally? Or does Toryboy see to all that?
Sue Keable
Cambridge
So, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall offers a recipe for a jerusalem artichoke and kale gratin, and large enough for up to eight people, too, yet gives no health and safety assessment, or advice on keeping windows open and no naked flames. I've been vegetarian for 40 years now, and steer clear of both these ingredients on their own, let alone combining the two.
Noel Mitchell
Bromley
I've just discovered that I have every ingredient needed to make Yotam Ottolenghi's fried garlic recipe (28 December 2013). Should I be pleased or worried?
Cath O'Hanlon
Liverpool
An angora jumper in All Ages? Do you really not know, or are you taking some kind of "style über alles" stand? If we didn't know before where angora came from, we sure as hell should now.
Bonita Alice
London N16
You've stopped using the Old Shoe Factory as a location for the All Ages shoots. Why? Did they repaint the walls an unsuitable shade of white?
Mike Hine
Kingston upon Thames
The Big Picture on cafes at Christmas declared that the sparse decorations "might appeal if you are a thrifty type who reuses the same decorations every year". You mean there are people who buy new ones? Every year?
Catherine Crichton
Glasnevin, Dublin
Did any Weekend reader buy the £110,000 Maserati? Thought not.
Darren Evans
Hull
Two weeks without the letters page? Saturdays just haven't been the same.
Jenny Hagan
Crosby, Merseyside
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