National snapshot

SIR – I have spent the last few days watching French television, and noted that the advertisements are mostly for fast food, fast cars and skincare.

What do visitors make of our adverts for bingo and loan-sharking?

Phil Saunders Bungay, Suffolk

SIR – If television news channels have, say, a “Europe correspondent” rather than “European”, or an “economics correspondent” rather than “economical”, why do they have a “political correspondent” rather than “politics”?

Graham Allen Wimborne, Dorset