Ending the horror of seeing your face on Zoom | Brief letters

Describing cancer | Fatberg weight | Word wheel | Lockdown sceptics | Zoom

With many years' experience as a specialist oncology nurse, I have always felt strongly that it is not appropriate to describe a cancer experience with words associated with war (combat, battle, fight). Who has a choice with cancer? But what words should we use instead? Grace Dent described it well for me (British grief centres mainly around the making of sandwiches, 19 February). Covid monster" and ghoulish cousin, cancer" seems much more fitting - thank you.
Ann Davis
Sutton, Cheshire

Your report on the fatberg in the London sewer (Workers clear huge, disgusting' fatberg from London sewer, 1920 February) says that it was the weight of a small bungalow". Until now, I never imagined that anybody had actually calculated the weight of a bungalow, so let's be knowing - how did they do it, why, and what weight did they come up with?
David Evans
Market Harborough, Leicestershire