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
