A tit-for-tat museum tiff with Emmanuel Macron
President Macron is to impose a surcharge on non-EU visitors to the Louvre, among whom are, of course, us (Report, 28 January), when Britain’s national museums offer free access. With government money stretched, has the time come to levy charges on residents of countries that do not reciprocate? With, perhaps, a surcharge for the French?
Chris Piggott
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Reading your letters about coffee (Letters, 31 January) transported me back to my lower-sixth year studying Spanish. As we queued for coffee from a vending machine, our Spanish class assistant approached with a smile and asked us to repeat after him: “Nescafé no es cafe!” His words enter my head every occasion I am offered instant.
Lynn Telford
Newcastle upon Tyne
• Re your letters on German words for weak or ersatz coffee, our family prefers the word Bodenseekaffee, which means it is so weak you can see the bottom (Boden) of the cup. Bodensee is the German name for Lake Constance, where, ironically, I’ve never had bad coffee.
Dr Michael Heinze
Düsseldorf, Germany
• Tim Dowling’s search for the ideal man bag (G2, 30 January) should go straight to the cross-body gas-mask bag. Very rufty-tufty, very retro, less than a tenner from the internet – and perfect for your potatoes.
Jonathan Hauxwell
Crosshills, North Yorkshire
• My admiration for the late John Prescott was further increased by his, or his family’s, decision to arrange for two Jaguars at his funeral (Report, 30 January). What a fitting final gesture to the press.
John Rushton
Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire
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