What is the fascination of the media with politicians and objects of the edible variety? David Miliband and the banana; Ed Miliband and the bacon sandwich; and now Jeremy Corbyn and his marrow (Michael White’s sketch, 28 September). Is there a Freudian connection or do we need a PhD thesis to explain it?
Tony Roberts
Preston, Lancashire
• What a Labour coup to arrange a red super-moon on the first night of conference (Report, 28 September). The Tories may have to wait a while before they can repeat the trick in their own colours.
Tim Searle
Dronfield, Derbyshire
• Alan Rawsthorne quotes from the Bandiera Rossa (Letters, 30 September) at the climax of the third and final movement of his distinguished First Piano Concerto.
Roger Mortimore
Madrid
• You report (Sport, 29 September) that following his latest failure at the Japanese Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso had described his Honda-powered McLaren as “embarrassing” and compared it to “a GP2 car”. That’s a bit rich considering that McLaren’s GP2 team - called ART Grand Prix - is top of the manufacturers’ table this season and its number one driver Stoffel Vandoorne is way ahead in the drivers’ championship.Presumably Alonso is looking nervously over his shoulder at the up-and-comer.
Quentin Falk
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire
• On top of failing to mention its famous Rugby League football team, how did Pass notes on Warrington (G2, 24 September) miss Burt Kwouk, born in Warrington in 1930 and star of many films and TV dramas, and certainly better known among most people today than George Formby, whose connection was merely to be buried there?
Kevin Chaffey
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh
• Of course Boris Johnson’s decision not to host the Tour de France in 2017 has nothing to do with the fact that someone else will be mayor by then (Report, 29 September).
Peter Evans
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
