Your Letters
15:52 UK time, Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Regarding your , surely it is rather that people are desperate to have an excuse for not being where they thought they would be in their lives, and thus they trawl back through childhood for a Significant Incident to blame everything on? The books encourage the reader to try and find similarities between themselves and the characters; rather than a national obsession with paedophilia, it is a national obsession with blaming somebody else for all that has gone wrong in our lives. Not taking responsibility. Julian Barnes wrote that after the age of 25, we can no longer blame our parents for the mistakes in our lives - I'm inclined to agree, and think everyone would be considerably better off emotionally if they followed that advice.
Jane, Oxford
So according to the photo caption, public transport in
Brian Ritchie, Oxford, UK
Whew, and there was me thinking that SMOKING caused and all along it's the bacon butties. Bin the bacon, pass the fags.
Sam, France
Re: Luke from London. I emailed the nice headmasters PA at the school with the very similar motto to his family's and she replied that his motto is "God is the leading light". I'm wasted in my job.
Trish Sutherland, shotts, scotland
Re: Luke. "Deo Luce Duce" is "With God's Guiding Light". Too bad if you're a family of atheists.
Sylvia, Cambridge
Luke, Deo Duce means 'With God for a leader', so I presume that adding luce (light) means "With God's Light As A Leader". Whether this is something with which one can abdide, I don't know. Maybe it means you should read The Sun?
KWalker, Runcorn
Luke, my Latin is a bit ropey, but I think your motto means "Lord, illuminate my duck".
Robin, Edinburgh.
I will have to take the scientist's word for it, that is better than kissing, but what about kissing somebody who has a mouthful of chocolate?
Owen McManus, Belfast, N. Ireland
Since we've had more than 5 fifth Beatles, the real question is who was the fifth fifth Beatle?
Matt Folwell, Cambridge
Re: your posting times. I see you worked late last night (Monday). What I don't understand is why today's Monitor offering reads "Posted on Tuesday at 11:26 UK time" and it didn't appear until 15:00ish. Is your UK time different to my BST? And why were you working so late? Set the example and be like the Danes (knock off at 16:30), the French (work only 3 days a week) or local government employees (only when they have to).
John Smith, London
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