Christopher Le Brun is right to raise concerns about the future of the Wedgwood collection (Letters, 16 February). I have been following this unfortunate situation closely. Along with the local MP, Tristram Hunt, I am working hard to ensure the future of the collection. We have together held meetings with the Arts Council, the Art Fund and the V&A to discuss the issue. We have also met the new owners of the Wedgwood Group and the museum's administrators, and have discussed the issue with the chairman of the Pension Protection Fund. I am optimistic that the cultural world can work together to find a solution for the collection which enables it to remain together and on public display. I will of course continue to be actively involved and offer every support possible.
Ed Vaizey MP
Minister for culture
• Maybe the Queen could buy the Wedgwood collection on behalf of the nation? It would be giving something back.
John Starbuck
Huddersfield
• A number of commentators have suggested that Carlos Tevez is a difficult character to manage – Marina Hyde (Sport, 16 February) describes him as "toxic", for example. As someone who is currently putting together an under-eights squad for the new season, I can assure you that he is not. At least Carlos's mum doesn't insist that he can only play with his best friend Bradley, despite the fact that Bradley is terrified of the ball and spends most of the game picking his nose and staring at the sky.
Nick Palmer
Sydney, Australia
• Please can we encourage all your readers in Herefordshire and points east to push as hard as they can (Letters, 15 February), so as to realise the dream of the late lamented Welsh poet Harri Webb, as voiced in Our Scientists are Working on it: "What Wales needs, and has always lacked most / Is, instead of an eastern boundary, an East Coast."
Meg Elis and Tim Richards
Abertridwr, Caerphilly
• We find our whippet particularly effective, especially as she wriggles down the bed and warms the parts other heaters do not reach (Letters, 16 February).
Lesley Cunneen
Norwich