Archie Bland notes the declining circulation of the Sun and the Times (Winning over the Times and the Sun won’t decide the next election – but Starmer’s Labour can’t kick the habit, 2 April). But newspaper displays in supermarkets and motorway service areas act as billboards. Thousands of non-buyers still see the screaming tabloid headlines every day. Whether they are influenced would be an interesting research topic.
Martin Lewis
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Incentives to donate to charities already exist (Letters, 2 April). Tax relief at the donor’s highest rate of up to 45% is given for each pound donated. Rather, we need incentives for the government to close the loopholes that let the very rich treat income tax as optional.
Dr Margaret Coombe
London
• And now a maths question for your correspondent who argues that University Challenge favours Oxbridge participants (Letters, 2 April). How many more students are there in Imperial College London than in Trinity College, Cambridge? Answer: 20,000.
Martin Datta
Lincoln
• Descartes must have enjoyed your long read (The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’, 2 April). Belated support for mind-body dualism and the ghost in the machine.
Steven Dorner
London
• Perhaps the nation could benefit if, during the general election campaign, politicians didn’t speak before midday (Speech fasting: would staying silent until midday make us happier and healthier?, 2 April). It might help us to enjoy our breakfast in peace.
Paresh Motla
Thame, Oxfordshire
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