Charlotte Church, on getting lost in London, asks: “What did we do before Google Maps?” (I ditched my iPhone and it changed my life, G2, 8 April). We had an A to Z in our pocket, or we asked a police officer. Given the latter are now thin on the ground or bristling with weapons, an A to Z is the safest bet. A paper one obviously, not the app.
Brian Snow
Brighton
• Stanley Kubrick films ranked (G2, 5 April), but no Spartacus in the top 10? Although a bit of a poor relation to William Wyler’s multi-Oscared Ben-Hur, it surely merits a place in at least the bottom four, or are 1960s epics insufficiently sophisticated for Guardian writers?
Rev John James
Highbridge, Somerset
• What does “Hadaway wi’ ya barra an’ sell ya mint” mean (Letters, 8 April)? Literally, take your barrow away and sell your mint. Actually, go away and get on with what you should be doing.
Jennifer Gale
Bideford, Devon
• In the quick crossword of 6 April, 1 across was “Diminutive folk hero (3,5)”. As a dyed-in-the-beard folkie, I immediately thought of Bob Dylan. I know he’s not very tall, but diminutive seemed a bit harsh. Then the penny dropped that the correct answer is Tom Thumb.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
• Yeats would never have written something as demotic and rhythmically clunky as “the worst are all passionate intensity” (Letters, 5 April). According to Yeats, the worst “Are full of passionate intensity”.
Peter McKenna
Liverpool
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