QUESTIONS

Q: Did Lou Reed borrow the refrain ‘Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight’ from a T. S. Eliot poem?

Kate Leslie, Ludlow, Shropshire.

Q: How long can a jet engine be left dormant before it’s damaged?

John R. Yeoman, York.

Q: Is there evidence that before the 18th century it was more common to read a letter aloud than in silence?

P. Ali, Birmingham.