That Mishal Husain’s interview with James Cleverly should become “news” illustrates the kid‑glove treatment the BBC usually gives government ministers (‘Cool, calm, precise’: how Mishal Husain became the interviewer politicians dread, 6 January). That kind of questioning should be the norm, not the exception. Chris Donnison Sheffield Every decibel and pause is audible in Mishal Husain’s unpicking of unscrupulous characters. Such a joy in these times. Jane Thompson Hull I’m with Andrew Bryant (Letters, 5 January). In a few years, when all these people realise that their wonderful vinyl at £35 a go has mysteriously developed clicks, pops, scratches and jumps, they might wish they had spent a tenner on a CD version instead. Phil Thomas Thingwall, Wirral On a recent flight to Copenhagen, I was offered a copy of the Daily Mail (Letters, 5 January). My response of: “Have you run out of toilet paper?” was met with a smile and a wink from the “dangerous leftwing” member of the cabin staff. Lee Pascal Richmond, London Back in 1976, while on my way to work in Bognor Regis, I stopped at a newsagent to buy a Guardian only to be told: “This isn’t that sort of area”. I still wonder to this day. Pat Ryan Sheffield I don’t understand why so much adulation is heaped on the admittedly highly impressive 16-year-old Luke Littler (Luke Littler says he is ‘bigger than the winner’ despite losing darts final, 4 January). At the age of 86, I regularly throw my underpants into the laundry bag from across the bathroom without any applause from my wife. Phil Myerscough Stoke Canon, Exeter