I enjoyed Sammy Gecsoyler’s article on using only cash for a week (My week of only using cash: could a return to notes and coins change my life?, 10 February), but he does not mention the joy of getting one of the specially designed £2 coins in change. My collection contains all the Shakespeare ones and Charles Dickens, but I lack the new George Orwell one. How will I get one now, with so little cash being spent?
Manju Ghosh
Bolton, Greater Manchester
The Country Diary is a beacon in the chaos in the country. Susie White’s beautiful prose from Cullernose Point, Northumberland (9 February), took me back to the late 1950s when we had botany classes there, with the bonus of the sounds from the birds.
Jean Jackson
Seer Green, Buckinghamshire
Re putting on duvet covers (Letters, 8 February), pull the cover right over your head and extend your hands to the corners. Bend down and pull the duvet inside to join you, also meeting the corners, and shake it down. Step outside and button it up. Just about covers it.
Pete Clarkson
Manfield, North Yorkshire
On the topic of bedding, not long ago I bought a flat sheet. Puzzlingly, the instructions say to “Wash inside out”. I suppose it could help by ending up inside the duvet cover.
Catherine Tann
West Byfleet, Surrey
Before we put the letters about duvets to bed, can I sleep on it?
Alan Payling
Torquay, Devon
What about Andrew Formerly Known as Prince (Letters, 9 February)?
Pam Lunn
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
