When all your child wants is another storey

So even the US president criticises Cameron over the disastrous war against Libya (Report, 12 March). How relieved he must be that the British media has barely an unkind word to say about the matter.
Peter McKenna
Liverpool

• Todd Huffman writes that a good memory is not a sign of education (Letters, 10 March). BF Skinner argued that “Education is what survives after what has been learned has been forgotten”.
Dennis Ruston
Derby

• While your correspondent is faffing around using mathematical formulae to compare the volume of various shapes and sizes of cake tins (Letters, 12 March), those of us with less time on our hands simply compare them by tipping water between the two. I expect my cake is in the oven before he’s even found his calculator.
Sue Boulding
Baschurch, Shropshire

• Is Hinkley Point C developing into the nuclear equivalent of Kids Company (Report, 12 March)?
Bob Ward
Leeds

• Marion Harley (Letters, 12 March) feels she was deprived of a favourite toy. My daughter says she feels that she was deprived of playing with her Slinky because we live in a bungalow, only being able to play with it during visits to grandparents.
Jim Milroy
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

• Subheader seen on p14 of Friday’s Guardian (11 March): “Double bass player denies killing successful musician.” Journalists know how to hurt.
Paul Scott (Double bass, Glenn Miller Orchestra)