Re bucket or baseball (Bucket hats and baseball caps battle it out this summer, 23 June), while either of these items of headgear will “keep heads protected and noses in the shade”, it is equally important to keep the ears (pinnae) protected in order to prevent the development of basal cell carcinoma or (more seriously) squamous cell carcinoma. Hence, bucket should probably be the winner – but if you prefer baseball, use sunscreen to protect your ears.
Martin Goodwin
Standish, Lancashire
• Adrian Chiles wants to know why everything, including cars, is grey (Opinion, 28 June). The answer is that product designers knew subconsciously that we were heading for a recession. In the 1990s, you could buy any woman’s garment you wanted as long as it was grey, for the same reason.
Margaret Squires
St Andrews, Fife
