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Letter: Analysing the structure of an Easter egg

Published 22 April 2026

From Hugh Meteyard, Theydon Bois, Essex, UK

I appreciated Tom Gauld’s proposed standard model of confectionery Easter egg structure. However, I fear it needs a rethink: I have an egg that, while possessing the chocolate shell exterior, fails to match any of the interiors mentioned by Gauld, as it contains a number of multicoloured sugar-coated chocolate sub-ovalic particles (Smarties) (11 April, p 47).

Issue no. 3592 published 25 April 2026

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