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The Guardian - UK · 11h ago

My school report was a comprehension test for me and my mother

Brief letters: Must try harder | Spoiler alert | House guests | Heirloom kitchen gadgets | Diesel and beer prices

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Defeated by drought: my bean-growing efforts have failed after 40 years of success

Brief letters: Growing pains | Well, look… | A slice of life | Spectacle cases | Saint George

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2025

Quirky online groups to lift the spirits in January

Brief letters: An unusual survival guide | Unfortunate names | The Saint Peter heresy | Oblong memories | Imprisoned women

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

A remarkable feat of 19th-century joinery

Brief letters: George Browne’s fitted kitchen | Regional restaurants | National Dried Milk | Human infestation | Lysistrata revisited

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Make a racket for the joy of tennis

Brief letters: Sport at any age | The north’s broader cultural offering | Changing passwords | British summers | Guinness shandy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Don’t bash the pumpkin – smash it

Letters: Cheryl Thornett and Rod Weston stand up for the vegetable and find more uses for it than as Halloween lanterns

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024

Weatherwatch with added barbecue sauce

Brief letters: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs | State education | Handing Scotland over | 1p and 2p coins| Starmer’s change

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

Getting children to brave brassicas

Brief letters: Benefits of eating your greens | Public libraries | University students | Guinness and health | Heart emojis

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

BBC lessons for girls in Afghanistan

Brief letters: World Service education | Storm names | Outdoor smoking | The Who v Oasis | Men’s hair

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024