The opening sentence of your article was revealing: “Is nothing sacred?” (Hot cross redone: UK retailers experiment with Easter favourite, 1 March). The outlandish liberties taken with hot cross bun flavours are not the problem, it’s their year-round ubiquity. It’s a delicacy for Good Friday, the end of Lent, both leavened and laden with religious symbolism and tradition. Those who consume them before that day are not “connecting with their ancestors” – they are completely missing the point.
Dan Whitfield
Bedfield, Suffolk
• When BP redesigned its logo in 2000 as a sunflower symbol, it claimed this was to reflect positive environmental empathy and responsibility. BP supposedly referred to “beyond petroleum”, but it seems it really means “broken promises” (BP blames ‘misplaced’ faith in green transition for its renewed focus on fossil fuels, 26 February).
Dr Keith Turner
Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear
