What more does Johanna Konta have to do than on the same day beating the French Open champion and the world No1 in two matches of brilliant tennis to merit a headline on page five of the Sport section (Murray’s hip increases Wimbledon worry, 30 June) let alone a mention on its front page? Clean the Augean stables? Rescue planet Earth from alien invasion? Win Strictly Come Dancing, the Great British Bake Off and Big Brother simultaneously – while, as my lovely cockney grandmother used to say, at the same time cracking walnuts?
Lynda Mountford
St Albans
• Presumably there is an accountant in the Treasury setting up a netting system that will reduce the £1bn promised under the DUP agreement by the cost of Northern Ireland women having abortions in Britain. Otherwise they are rewarded twice for their prejudices.
Alex Gibson
London
• Your sport section (30 June) informs us that twin cyclists Adam and Simon Yates can be told apart by Simon’s clean-shaven appearance as opposed to his brother’s stubbly beard. The accompanying photo, apparently showing Simon, but with a stubbly beard, must therefore have been taken in the late afternoon. By which time Adam presumably resembles WG Grace.
Bill Hawkes
Canterbury
• Further to “Is charcoal the new black?” (G2, 29 June), readers may be interested to know of the Indian toothpaste product called Monkey Brand which is a black charcoal-based product guaranteed to whiten the yellowest teeth. So aggressive is this product that I would recommend only using it once a month.
Tony Moon
Hove
• How ironic that the new political polling and digital media committee (Opinion, 30 June) is a Lords select committee: members of the House of Lords are unelected, of course.
Dr Alex May
Manchester
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