President Macron is to impose a surcharge on non-EU visitors to the Louvre, among whom are, of course, us (Report, 28 January), when Britain’s national museums offer free access. With government money stretched, has the time come to levy charges on residents of countries that do not reciprocate? With, perhaps, a surcharge for the French?
Chris Piggott
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Reading your letters about coffee (Letters, 31 January) transported me back to my lower-sixth year studying Spanish. As we queued for coffee from a vending machine, our Spanish class assistant approached with a smile and asked us to repeat after him: “Nescafé no es cafe!” His words enter my head every occasion I am offered instant.
Lynn Telford
Newcastle upon Tyne
