I looked forward to trying the speedy dinners promised (Dinner in less than 30 minutes: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for super-quick meals, 27 January). However, the time it would have taken to read the list of 20 ingredients and buy and/or assemble them before I even started cooking made me give up and reach for the fresh pasta, tomatoes and garlic. Ten minutes later, meal complete, wine poured, job done. Debbie Cameron Formby, Merseyside My ancient, battered, but much loved Weetabix tin has held, compactly, 24 biscuits for many years. Recently I opened a new box of 24 Weetabix and put them in the tin. There was a gap at one end for another two biscuits (‘Now even smaller’ and ‘All new, worse recipe’: these are the labels you won’t see on food – but you should, 27 January). Peter Bunyan Billericay, Essex Nick Cox is justified in his concern for the welfare of dogs caught weeing in the woods (Letters, 30 January). Spare a thought, too, for the bears, who must be looking nervously over their shoulders. Peter Barnes Simpson, Milton Keynes A friend, noticing another selfishly parked SUV, commented “another BIC”. Her translation: “Because I can” (Letters, 29 January). Jan Mortimer Lewes, East Sussex If Labour rules out raising corporation tax and abandons its £28bn green investment pledge (Labour to ditch £28bn annual green investment pledge, party sources say, 1 February) perhaps Keir Starmer should join Rishi Sunak’s cabinet. David Prothero Harlington, Bedfordshire