Your Letters
17:48 UK time, Thursday, 9 August 2007
Re . It can not be either Henry VIII or Elizabeth I because they were only Kings of England and Ireland (after 1542). Scotland was a seperate realm until 1707, and the UK only came into being in 1801. As Victoria was the only candidate to wear the Crown of the UK (not England), she must be the winner. Perhaps a better line up would differentiate between these two realms?
Rhys Dafydd Jones, Aberystwyth
Re . Was I the only one that thought "Oh no! It was better when they had to use pooper scoopers" when they read this headline.
Joe, Cambridge, UK
Just seen on the news ticker (8 August, 2007 1708 BST), "EU ban on British livestock and diary products to remain until 25 August. More soon." I blame Alastair Campbell.
Ian Rutt, Swansea, UK
Re Sam, Waddesdon's comments: reading the article you mentioned didn't make my head spin but it did make me cringe. As someone that is doing research with a material that could be used for "spintronics" purposes, some of the descriptions of physical phenomena (such as "spin") did make me curl my toes. I know quantum mechanics isn't exactly intuitive but if I can explain the intricacies of QM to a group of laymen then anyone can!
James, Aylesbury, Nr. Waddesdon, UK
The today describes him as being widely-recognised. What a wonderfully apt description for the great man.
Rory, Sutton Coldfield UK
Having just done the , I can only assume that the almost equal scores for each answer come from a number of other people having no idea what the question was either.
K, Edinburgh
Can anyone help me. I remember a song from many years ago about extra-terrestrials that land in Northampton, and Northampton is an amazing place that provides everything anyone could need. The climactic line was "they found new energy in Northampton". Now, as a native son of Northampton I'm quite interested in at least finding the words to this bizarre song, especially because, when I was a kid, Northampton was an important place for me so I didn't notice the blatant irony. Can anyone help?
Alex, Leicester, UK
Can I interject some important withdom (that is Withnail and I wisdom) into the article: "Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day".
Jacqui Evans, Roehampton
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