It is hard to feel a lot of sympathy for the egotistical Julian Assange, but, if he is to be extradited to the United States (Report, 12 April), can we expect the American pilots who the leaked video shows casually and deliberately firing on unarmed civilians to be extradited to Iraq to face war crimes charges?
John Marr
Exeter
• I was disappointed not to see the name of Emyr Humphreys in the birthday column. A distinguished author of many novels and of poetry, he’s been a leading light in Welsh-related literature for decades. I was fortunate to be taught drama by him at Bangor University in the 1960s, where his enthusiasm for Ibsen, Strindberg and his beloved Chekhov was apparent and infectious. A great man indeed. And he celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday.
Norbert Gough
Warrington, Cheshire
• Had Jon Snow been watching the conclusion of the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, he could justifiably have repeated his comment about the number of white people (Journal, 13 April). To be fair, I did notice one black man.
Roderick MacFarquhar
Edinburgh
• Marina Hyde (Nigel Farage is the hero no one in Britain needs right now, 13 April) recalls the lines from Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo: “Unhappy the land that has no heroes.” “No. Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.”
Jane Maguire
Norwich
• Picaroon’s ace clue (Cryptic crossword, 12 April) bears repetition. “How Brexit begins with hopeless nationalist.” (Answer, Blimp.)
Rupert Besley
Newport, Isle of Wight
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