Regarding Marina Hyde’s reference to JD Vance and the German word Backpfeifengesicht, meaning “a face that is worthy of being slapped”, in French there is the similar concise expression tête à claque (There are 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – and they’re all more likable than the real thing, 7 March).
Xavier Roche
London
• Fittingly, I read Adrian Chiles’s article (Remote controls, tumble dryers, documentaries … do we have to make everything so complicated?, 5 March) in a hotel room where the lights and curtains have to be operated by a tablet computer on the desk. I couldn’t wait to leave.
Anil Patel
London
• In your list of birthdays in the print edition (7 March), the first entry is “William Boyd, author, 73”, followed by “Anna Burns, writer, 63”. Is there a difference between an author and a writer, and will Burns become an author when she reaches 73?
David Rimmer
Newcastle upon Tyne
• I do not believe that portrait to be of the “nine-day queen” Lady Jane Grey (Report, 7 March), as the new analysis failed to find the lettuce that presumably outlasted her.
Andrew Ray
Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire
• I see a study has shown that men with high-quality sperm have better life expectancy (Report, 5 March). I had a vasectomy 20 years ago. Am I living on borrowed time?
Paul Kilvert
Hull
• “Laura has a pleasing voice” (Letters, 6 March) gave me the confidence to sing in choirs, and to lead children and adults for fun, all my life. Thank you, Miss Campbell.
Laura Conyngham
Crediton, Devon
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