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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business

A golden example of trickle-down economics

Big gold nugget
‘Your report on the revival of gold mining in north Wales made me recall a summer I spent camping in the area in the 1970s.’ Photograph: bodnarchuk/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Your report on the revival of gold mining in north Wales (Going for gold: coin marks hope of bringing Welsh mine back from the dead, 26 March)( made me recall a summer I spent camping in the area in the 1970s, when, in the village pub, I enjoyed the stories of locals who had worked in the mine. One theme was how the proceeds of illicitly siphoned gold had funded new houses in the locality. If true, this is perhaps one of the few examples of trickle-down economics in practice.
John Kelly
Little Raveley, Cambridgeshire

• Your interview with Bridget Christie highlights the feminist perspective of her work (Bridget Christie on brain fog, flirting, and why she won’t be taking a lover: ‘My heart is full. I am open to it, but I’m not looking for it’, 29 March). It includes a reference to four other comedians – Daniel Kitson, James Acaster, Nish Kumar and Josie Long. In the online version, the first three all have links to other Guardian articles about them. Irony?
Siân Williams
Ferndown, Dorset

• So the film-maker Uberto Pasolini thinks there were no gyms in ancient Greece (‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey, 28 March)? Someone should point out to him where the word “gymnasium” comes from.
Barbara Brewis
Burnopfield, County Durham

• Given the name of Greenland’s capital, I’m worrying that Donald Trump might accidentally trigger world war three if he says he’s going to Nuuk at some point (Report, 28 March).
Norman Miller
Brighton, East Sussex

• Spotting this year’s April fool may be harder in case it turns out to be a Trump pronouncement.
Laurie Baily
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

• Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.

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