The BBC’s hiring of Nick Kyrgios as a Wimbledon commentator (Report, 22 May) surely signals to young people that antisocial behaviour, both on and off the court, is not only acceptable but can be an entry to a lucrative career in the media.
Elaine Luke
Fairlight, East Sussex
• Fifteen minutes after Leeds were beaten by Southampton in the Championship playoff final (Sport, 26 May), an ice-cream van stopped on our road playing “Smile though your heart is … breaking”. Not sure it had many takers.
Noel Cullinane
Leeds
• Re the north-south dietary divide (Letters, 21 May), in a Hull suburb in the late 1970s, our greengrocer once displayed a solitary aubergine in his window. Questioned as to what it was, he proudly declared: “An or-ber-gine” (rhyming with wine). When asked how it should be used, he came up with: “For garnish.”
Sheila Seacroft
Durham
• When my sister asked for Hula Hoops in an Isle of Skye grocery shop in 1989, she was referred to the toy shop.
Max Glaskin
Brighton, East Sussex
• Re forever chemicals and nonstick pans (They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water. But can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?, 25 May), I use anodised pans, which are more environmentally friendly.
Chris Arrowsmith
Cam, Gloucestershire
• With regard to nominative determinism (Letters, 23 May), I was tickled pink to see that Keith Weed is president of the Royal Horticultural Society. Bet he steers clear of certain aisles at the garden centres.
Paul F Faupel
Somersham, Cambridgeshire
