Your Letters
Honestly, Ashley (Friday letters), you can't spot a good NomDem when it's waved in front of you. Geoff Boyd, of the Environment Agency. Perhaps you want it spelt buoyed.
Jel, Swansea
Did you HAVE to use headline?
QJ, Stafford, UK
Oh dear, Daniel Hayes (Thursday's Letters). I would advise against your game, lest you make yourself look a trifle ridiculous. I remember when I was a small child (long, long ago) that the two-line pound sign was very commonly used and the single line one rather less so, so I did a bit of checking and found and and the . So, a pound sign can have either one or two lines, according to preference.
Ray, Turku, Finland
Re pedants' game (Daniel Hayes, Thursday's letters): Unlike the Italian Lira and the French Livre (both now obsolete) but similar to the US Dollar ($) sign, the sign for the Pound Sterling (£) has only been simplified for modern printing with a single line across.
John, Sevenoaks
First time I ever heard of .
Fred, Rotherham
Re: "". Surely it's a full sized police station on the inside?
Gwenhwyfaer, Sheffield, UK