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Adam Posen, the Bank of England's "leading dove" (Report, 28 March) talks of "so-called core inflation, which strips out the effects of fuel, food costs and taxes such as VAT". So, apart from fuel, food and taxes such as VAT, you know, the stuff that's pretty vital to most people, it's nice to know that the rest of the economy is not "overheating".
Mick Donovan
Teddington, Middlesex
• Surely any Liberal Democrats who were still asleep when Nick Clegg admitted his embarrassment at agreeing so much with David Cameron must now be woken up by Vince Cable's compliant acceptance of George Osborne's plan to cut tax for those earning more than £150,000 (Mansion tax could replace 50p tax rate, says Cable, 28 March).
Christopher Clayton
Waverton, Cheshire
• The price of petrol at my local Tesco has increased by 1p a litre since the budget. Was that the idea?
Neil Davies
Hassocks, East Sussex
• Your article on Jaywick Sands (The Essex resort named England's most deprived town, 29 March) neglects to mention its greater cause for fame: 37 people died there in the great east coast flood of 1953. It was second only to Canvey Island in the number who died. It is doubtful whether the town ever completely recovered from the disaster.
Owen Wells
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
• Roger Redfern (Country diary, 29 March) calls a woman working to eliminate moles from her pasture a "farm wife". I wonder what makes him so sure that she's not a farmer.
Kath Checkland
Hope Valley, Derbyshire
• Was I alone in noting that the excellent obituary (29 March) of the crime writer HRF Keating was by a talented Mr Ripley?
Terry Philpot
Limpsfield Chart, Surrey
• Andrew Keogh (Letters, 28 March) contends that horses don't know when it's their birthday. How does he know they don't?
Tom Spooner
Twickenham, Middlesex
