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You report that 40 museums in England have closed in the period between 2005 and 2014 (Survival of museums on cliff edge with councils forced to cut ‘luxury’ services, 8 May). In fact, the figures are far worse. The Mapping Museums research team have systematically collected data on UK museums and we found 173 closures during that period, with a total of 222 since 2005. The highest closure rates are in the north-west and south-west regions, the lowest in the south-east.
Fiona Candlin
Professor of museology, Birkbeck, University of London

• Re national social trends (Britons having less sex, study finds – and internet could be to blame, 8 May), it’s hardly surprising that Britons are having less sex, if they spend as much time body-building as the man in the accompanying photo obviously does.
Maggie Jones
Blackheath, London

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