Is there a correlation between the answer to Monday’s word wheel in your print edition (egomaniac) and the announcement of the new prime minister? If so, I may look to the puzzle in future for an insight into notable events.
Vanessa Poulton
Glastonbury, Somerset
• Re tips from Helen Dunmore’s The Siege (Letters, 2 September), my clearest memory from that book is the woman finding a small leather purse down the back of her sofa and boiling it for soup as an unexpected treat for her family. As most purses are now made of plastic, we may not be so lucky.
Margaret Harris
Isleworth, London
