Norfolk playing catch-up in the anti-littering stakes | Brief letters

First-class degrees | Female saints | Rambutan | Tennis and nationality | Sheep v giant hogweed | LitterGosh! How clever we have all become. Fifty years ago, only the top 2% of the population went to university and about 10% of them got firsts, so 0.2% of the population. Now, 30% go to uni, and 25% of them get firsts (Number of UK degree students receiving firsts soars, theguardian.com, 20 July), making 7.5% of the population. The universities say there is no grade inflation so we must be more than 30 times cleverer! Impressive or what?Rob SymondsBirminghamo How refreshing, considering the Guardian's stance on attitudes at the BBC, to find that of the 13 saints in your Wordsearch grid (20 July), just one is female, and that AnneMarie Ciccarella is "a fast-talking 57-year-old brunette" (The long read, 18 July). Do you need to know my hair colour to print this?Alison RobinsonSeer Green, Buckinghamshire Continue reading...