Cheery news of a rare egg (‘One-in-a-billion’ round egg found at farm in Devon to be auctioned, 17 January). Then I read that it is to go under the hammer for charity. Seems a bit extreme.
Richard Barnard
Wivenhoe, Essex
• Re pupils aggrieved at being misunderstood (Letters, 16 January), when the physics teacher asked my class: “Where is the sea level?”, my logical answer – “on the beach” – caused me to be sent out for rudeness. It still rankles 75 years later.
Dr Margaret Taylor
Clare, Suffolk
• Your report states that the US is banning TikTok because it could be used “to control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation” (18 January). Does this mean that further bans will be issued on Elon Musk and Donald Trump? My irony meter has just exploded.
Rick Kempster
Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Your headline “TikToking on heaven’s door” (Report, 17 January), about Bob Dylan signing up to the app, does not do justice to his lyric. It should read “Tik-TikToking on heaven’s door”.
Eddie Dougall
Walsham le Willows, Suffolk
• I am reluctant to disagree with the secretary of the Bournemouth Big Band Swing and Jazz Club, but to nominate 1957 as the best year for jazz recordings (Letters, 14 January)? I think not: 1959. Mingus Ah Um, The Shape of Jazz to Come, Time Out and Kind of Blue. Yes, it’s an age thing.
Stephen Herring
Nottingham
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