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I’m confused. Is the £8m that Polly Toynbee reports is being spent by the government to send an “oak-framed portrait of the king” to every school going to encourage pupils to attend or have the reverse effect (Too many pupils miss lessons, says Ofsted, and that’s right. Call it the Michael Gove effect, 28 November)?
Nick Broadhead
Liverpool
• Was it coincidental that the picture accompanying the article about the discovery of Viagra in your print edition featured a food van with a sign saying “Jumbo Sausages” (2 December)? I think not.
Prof Dominic Regan
Bath
