Artemis II has successfully taken off to begin its journey to the far side of the moon (Report, 2 April). Meanwhile, this bank holiday, our grandson has been unable to travel by train from Manchester to Luton to support Peterborough United without multiple changes and replacement buses. Some direct journeys are still beyond the capabilities of man.
Toby Wood
Peterborough
• Your report (Relief for astronauts as fault fixed on Nasa’s $30m Artemis II toilet, 2 April) makes me recall hearing on radio that it’s “a crude mission to see the backside of the moon”.
Martin Hann
Gillingham, Kent
• Can I add “X, formerly known as Twitter” to Victoria Paleit’s list of unnecessary descriptors (Letters, 30 March).
Ron Jacob (formerly known as Ronnie)
London
• In these parts we serve mint sauce with a pie-and-pea (mushy) supper. Yum (Ways to use mint sauce without having to roast a lamb, 31 March).
Kathryn McGlynn
Dronfield, Derbyshire
• I appreciated your Wordsearch in the print edition (2 April) on the theme of sheep. I found “lamb” and then “menu”. Was that quite what was intended? Happy Easter!
Anna Watson
London
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