A teacher in my school once asked: “What was the greatest achievement of the Romans?” One enterprising lad answered: “They could understand Latin” (Letters, 14 January). Sadly, he was rewarded with several strokes of the belt.
Harry D Watson
Edinburgh
• If Liz Truss had any real understanding of the world she lives in, she would have sent a cease-and-desist lettuce to the prime minister (Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy, 9 January).
Sandy Guthrie
Amberley, West Sussex