Differentials for burying the war dead | Brief letters

Nails and screws were not the only differential when it came to burying the dead in the first world war, notes Kevin Fitzgerald.PJ Murphy wonders if the young men of Eton and Winchester who colluded to cheat in examinations are heading for a career in banking (Letters, 1 September). If history is a guide, I suspect that they are as likely to make their way into politics, where they will find they are equally well prepared and be welcomed by familiar faces who had been taught