In 1896, the Indian cricketer KS Ranjitsinhji broke through a glass ceiling by being selected to play in a Test match for England. This did not mean that the Marylebone Cricket Club had suddenly become a colour-blind champion of racial equality. While I welcome the fact that someone of Asian heritage has become prime minister, I do not suppose that this means racism has been purged from British politics in general.
Gerrard Raven
London
• The word “legilium”, used by your correspondent (Letters, 26 October), was unrecognised by all the internet-accessible dictionaries I have available. However, Google led me to 2,000 sellers of church furniture. Perhaps lexicographers should go out more, on Sundays.
John van Someren
London
• I’ve read a few articles on hoarding, most recently yours on the late actor Richard Harris (Richard Harris archive donated to Cork University, 24 October). I cut them all out and keep them.
Brian Dixon
Darlington, County Durham
• Faced with a problem of pupils loitering in the loos, a headteacher I once worked for urged any staff passing the toilets “to put their head in” (Letters, 27 October).
Dave Verguson
Lindley, Huddersfield
• Can the home secretary, Suella Braverman, outlast a Tesco tomato?
Margaret Coles
Petersfield, Hampshire
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