What splendid news that Eton will educate young people in the north (21 March). This could make a significant contribution to the levelling-up agenda, as it will enable working-class kids to discard the plebeian attitudes that are holding them back, and adopt the values that have led to success for Eton alumni such as David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
Peter Bardsley
Sheffield
• Permanent summer time may work in the south of England (Letters, 22 March), but it doesn’t work in the north of Scotland. A three-year experiment that began in 1968 proved this. And starting the day’s work in winter darkness was utterly dismal.
Paul Williams
Argyll, Scotland
• Raw bread dough may be a good deterrent for slugs and snails (Letters, 20 March), but not so good for puppy dogs’ tails. If dogs eat dough, the yeast ferments inside them, swells and can kill them. Please be careful.
Sally Cheseldine
Balerno, Edinburgh
• There is always an intermission at our local independent Regent Cinema in Marple, Cheshire, whatever the length of film ( 21 March). With ice-cream at a bargain price too.
John Owens
Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Not only did the Electric Picture House in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, serve ice-cream in the interval, but some years ago, on being ushered to our seats, we were offered a tin of Cadbury’s Roses to pass along the row before the film started.
Dr Roger Merry
Keynsham, Somerset
