Sir, – Mnemonics are a useful tool to recall lists, especially when they include striking and preposterous imagery such as Garry Owens’s example with volcanoes erupting jam to list the planets (December 15th). With this in mind, in answer to his call for new phrases, how about Most Volatile Euro Means Joining Sarkozy’s Ultra-Nation? – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Many very easy mnemonics just seem unusable now. – Yours, etc,