An F-bomb in Ambridge? That would signal the end times

A peaceful rural scene, perhaps not unlike the fictional Ambridge. Cherry Weston was shocked to hear George Grundy utter what sounded like the F-word on the BBC radio series The Archers. Photograph: urbancow/Getty Images/iStockphoto

As if the plethora of crises we are having to endure were not enough, on Friday I heard George Grundy swearing on The Archers! The breakdown of our society seemed complete. But on checking the repeat, it turned out to be “buck off” – unusual terminology for a teenager, but at least the end of civilisation has not yet arrived.
Cherry Weston
Wolverhampton

• Laura Euler (Letters, 19 August) should note that although we might buy hamburgers and hot dogs in cans, these are not sold for human consumption. They are bought to languish in food cupboards for several years, before being handed to small children to take to school harvest festivals. What happens to them after that is a mystery.
Dr Michael Paraskos
London