The deadline for submissions to the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA, 30 November, is also the date when the shortlisted entries are due to be announced (New prize launches for books co-written with AI, 21 October). It would be interesting to know how the prize-judging jury – whose members are yet to be announced – will be making instant evaluations.
Dr Mahlet Zimeta
London
One of the delights of travelling through Suffolk in the last century was the Dickensian firm of solicitors evoked by a road sign on the A140 just outside Eye, pointing west to Yaxley, Mellis and Stramit (Letters, 20 October). It is long gone, replaced by a shinier one, but only Yaxley and Mellis remain. Clearly no longer a partner, whither Stramit?
Richard Lee
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
And what of that dashing man about town from Worcestershire, Cleobury Mortimer, and his henchman Neen Sollars?
Jane Caplan
Oxford
Can I commend the Great Tapestry of Scotland in Galashiels to all those disappointed Hastings residents (Residents of ‘1066 Country’ lose battle for Bayeux tapestry tickets, 21 October)? No queues and, to my mind, far more impressive than its French counterpart.
Alan Gent
Cheadle, Cheshire
I find all the fuss about getting to see the Bayeux tapestry laughable when it has been on public view just across the Channel for as long as anyone can remember.
Peter Smith
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire