Two further UK government departments to add to the list, the first of which appears to be in operation already: Doze (the Department of Zero Effort) for managing communications and Dope (the Department of Preconceived Expectations) for managing disillusioned MPs.
Dr Anthony Isaacs
London
• In terms of art therapy, half an hour spent in the Rothko room at Tate Modern at least once a year has done wonders for my mental health (Take two Van Goghs daily: the growing popularity of museum prescriptions, 31 March).
Peter de Voil
King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire
• In responding to Nels Abbey’s article about racial slurs and hate crime, your letter writer is right to note that “many lesbian and gay men object to being called ‘queer’” (30 March). I would add that many of us bisexuals object to it too.
Ria Hopkinson
Holloway, London
• I do so hope that the story about a coffee-cup-shaped bag was an April fool (Letters, 1 April). If not, I suggest a 35mm-film-canister-style handbag would make a good entry point for young children wishing to emulate their parents.
Mike Collis
Bournville, Birmingham
• My headmaster father used to say that a good mix of staff was vital as the women keep the men up to scratch and the men make the women keep a sense of proportion (We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister, 3 April).
Helen Keating
Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway
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