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READERS’ LETTERS

Lagerfeld stands out

SIR: I enjoyed Natasha Fraser on ‘Karl Lagerfeld, my heavenly boss’. This French poster showed his impressive blend of humour and serious intent.

Yours, Peter Kendall, Balaruc les Bains, France

My cheap funeral

SIR: Town Mouse need not worry (‘l want a cheapskate send-off‘, December issue). My family were discussing the cost of funerals some years ago when my daughter, a nurse, and ever mindful of my welfare, cried, ‘Dad, if you leave your body to the medical school we won't have to pay for a funeral.’

I made enquiries and learned that when my body has been used to teach anatomy to future

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