Your Letters
Sorry Fi (Wednesday's letters) living nearby I can tell you it's pronounced Bay-bra-ham.
Heather, Cambridge
"Woman finds alligator behind sofa" raises many questions. Had she been trying to find it for a long time? Why did she leave it there in the first place? Will she keep it somewhere more obvious in the future, like in a bowl near the front door?
Paul, Cambridge
A quote from this article made me chuckle. "R2 (a humanoid robot) is likely to take on many mundane tasks such as cleaning." I couldn't help thinking of Marvin the paranoid android from Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. How long until R2 starts complaining about having to do such menial tasks?
Paul, Croydon
Reading this, I hesitate to show my ignorance but is Scotch lamb (or beef) a cocktail? I assumed it would be Scottish Lamb (or beef) if food.
Peter Bowden, Birmingham, UK
Re Council cuts/non-jobs: "'Most people polled in Manchester would not want to pay for a nuclear free worker,' says Neil O'Brien, director of the Policy Exchange think tank."
If it's a free worker, why pay him/her?
Sven, Basel, Switzerland
Re this : Since when did we fill up the Channel and become part of mainland Europe? I bet Malta are seething about us trying to steal top slot from them in such a prestigious award.
Moose, Poole