Your report on the revival of gold mining in north Wales (Going for gold: coin marks hope of bringing Welsh mine back from the dead, 26 March)( made me recall a summer I spent camping in the area in the 1970s, when, in the village pub, I enjoyed the stories of locals who had worked in the mine. One theme was how the proceeds of illicitly siphoned gold had funded new houses in the locality. If true, this is perhaps one of the few examples of trickle-down economics in practice.
John Kelly
Little Raveley, Cambridgeshire
• Your interview with Bridget Christie highlights the feminist perspective of her work (Bridget Christie on brain fog, flirting, and why she won’t be taking a lover: ‘My heart is full. I am open to it, but I’m not looking for it’, 29 March). It includes a reference to four other comedians – Daniel Kitson, James Acaster, Nish Kumar and Josie Long. In the online version, the first three all have links to other Guardian articles about them. Irony?
Siân Williams
Ferndown, Dorset
