Readers have written to the Guardian responding to a report that UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more. One letter argues that Henrietta Barnett, a selective grammar school in London, is a misleading example. The school draws from a wide area beyond the NW11 postcode, and the real premium is paid by parents who can afford intensive private tutoring for their daughters.
Letters on food, smell and language
Another reader recalls how his mother made “winter eggs” during the war, using a plain-flour batter dropped into a frying pan to produce egg-shaped pancakes, fried in the fat from a single rasher of rationed bacon.
A former student remembers a chemistry lecturer advising the class to “acquire a smell library” to help identify organic compounds.
More reader responses
One reader describes calling it “party tea” at home, while another expresses weariness with arguments about nominative determinism. A final letter says it “will do us all a favour.”
