PC offences

SIR – While watching the early stages of BBC One’s Masterchef, I have been heartened to see candidate after candidate deliver their dishes to the waiting trio of judges according to the courtesy of ladies first.

How long before the BBC quietly corrects this perceived offence, I wonder? Mary Robinson

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

SIR – In consideration of John Mcdonnell’s political correctness problem (“Fisherpeople? Mcdonnell does a Trudeau”, report, March 12), can I suggest the phrase “fish-fighters”? Richard Tovey

Lowestoft, Suffolk