I trust the Financial Services Authority appreciates the irony of imposing City bankers on the board of one of the country's most successful banks (FSA intervention delaying sale of Lloyds branches to Co-op, 23 March). The bank dates from 1872, giving over 140 years of successfully looking after its members' money. It would be a tragedy if the appointment of these bankers led to a run on the bank.
David Kennedy
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
• Given what "big banking cheeses" did with our money, many of us might be more prepared to trust "a Methodist minister, a plasterer and a nurse". The FSA doesn't seem to understand how a mutual works.
Peter Lewis
Nottingham
• Re the rich educational diversity in our leaders (Letters, 24 March): when I went to university in 1958, PPE was regarded as the default degree for the rich and for the varsity blues who had more important things to do than study. So no change there, then.
Mike Hancock
St Austell, Cornwall
• You may wonder if it's a new fashion craze when you see lots of people wearing purple today. Purple Day is the internationally recognised day for raising awareness of epilepsy. Be in vogue and create your own purple look for this important cause.
Allana Parker
Epilepsy Scotland
• Am I the only one to have to resort to Google to find out what on earth "eyebrow threading" is (Cleanse, tone... oh forget it, 24 March)?
Ron Brewer
Old Buckenham, Norfolk