Your Letters

14:10 UK time, Monday, 16 March 2009

"Banks 'concerned' over model riot" - good grief, you'd think they already had enough to worry about after losing all that money.
Sue, London

"Cleopatra's mother 'was African'" - er... since Egypt is in Africa, what is the big story here?
Martin, Bristol, UK

What a wonderful piece of nominative determinism in this article. A radio advertising specialist called Tony Hertz. Is he married to Gigi? With a daughter called Megan?
Ray, Turku, Finland

Regarding the second picture/caption in this story. I presume the Scottish plan for cheap alcohol, is to drink it while they can.
Mich, Nuneaton

Re: "Negative attitudes towards Robin Hood" - Hmmm... would that be from the "rich" then?
David, Coventry

I have spent more than 50 years in Thailand, and several years in the city of Loburi, where you say monkeys floss their teeth. Not so. They pick up these hairs to lick off the salt, and other chemicals. Yes, the young monkeys do learn by mimicking, even by mimicking humans. A much more interesting activity of these monkeys is that they have learned to catch a ride on the roof of passing trains, where they ride to the next village, and there raid the fresh market, then catch the next train back to home in Loburi.
Nukleng, Umphang, Thailand