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
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