What the Romans did for us at school | Brief letters

Latin lover | Liz Truss | York Minster | Mispronounced surnames | Ryanair | Frank AuerbachA teacher in my school once asked: “What was the greatest achievement of the Romans?” One enterprising lad answered: “They could understand Latin” (Letters, 14 January). Sadly, he was rewarded with several strokes of the belt.
Harry D Watson
Edinburgh• If Liz Truss had any real understanding of the world she lives in, she would have sent a cease-and-desist lettuce to the prime m