Don't be a poached egg on legs, just be yourself | Brief letters

Nick Gibb and reading | Job opportunity for George Osborne | An Epicurean life | Fashion advice for Stephen Moss I was disgusted to see Jeremy Corbyn not only reading our book Bear Hunt to a group of small children but also showing them the text (Election 2017, 22 April). Schools minister Nick Gibb explained to me that it's "dangerous" to let young children see "non-phonically regular" texts as it "confuses" them; children in such situations will "guess" the words, or use "other cues", like the ...