QUESTIONS

Q : Kate Atkinson’s book Life After Life contains the quote ‘She had married a Casaubon, she realised.’ What is a Casaubon?

Jane Thomas, Hartlepool. Q : The skeleton of a horse stood opposite the London Sessions at Newington causeway, London SE1. Why was it there?

D. Rosser, London SE9. Q : When did the term ‘phone tapping’ first appear in print?

W. R. Violen, Holland-on-Sea, Essex.