Ghana performed well against England despite having played Congo 4,000 miles away in Brazzaville only two days previously, but they weren't the "jet-lagged squad" you described (Gyan steals Carroll's England glory, Sport, 30 March). Jet lag is caused by time difference, not distance. Brazzaville, like London, is presently on GMT+1. The England squad would have suffered slightly more from the clocks going forward on Saturday night.
Paul Dennehy
Enfield, Middlesex
• I see the City of London has not applied for any street closures for the royal wedding (Report, 29 March). In March 1734 when Anne, Princess Royal, married William, Prince of Orange, it lined Ludgate Hill with pyramids of 2,000 lamps, but when encouraged to commission a celebratory statue there, the City announced that its loyal address was quite sufficient and had the added advantage of not blocking the streets.
Veronica Baker-Smith
Pangbourne, Berkshire
• So PM Cameron, that man of the people, is to hold a royal wedding street party. How many cuts to the cake will he make?
Collin Rossini
Bradwell, Essex
• A senior American official has suggested Colonel Gaddafi flees to a country that does not recognise the international criminal court (Report, 29 March). That would include America. Tripoli, Iowa, would seem an appropriate refuge.
Roger Wild
Teddington, Middlesex
• Enjoying Steve Bell's Fat Blokes strip (If…, G2, 30 March), but DERV is very unlikely to spontaneously combust. Its low flammability and explosivity are the main reasons the military use diesel in armoured fighting vehicles, for example.
Mark Jay Smith
London
• Chuang Tzu (circa 250 BC) and Hui Tzu were crossing Hao river by the dam. Chuang said: "See how free the fishes leap and dart; that is their happiness." Hui replied: "Since you are not a fish how do you know what makes fishes happy?" (Letters, 30 March).
Bob Davenport
London