I naively thought the self-congratulating and artistically myopic clique that runs the Brighton Festival would rename the annual event the Brighton and Hove Festival.

But no. Hove has been snubbed yet again. If it continues, I can foresee protest and disruption during the "Brighton Not Hove Festival 2002" plus the likely emergence of an independent political party to serve the interests of the people of Hove.

-S Leonard, Osborne Villas, Hove