John Plowman, of Woodingdean, recorded the news instead of Reservoir Dogs because, he says, of our new TV listings layout.

Mr Plowman, who had predicted such a disaster in this column, says he can see no reason for the listings not to be put in numerical order.

At the risk of repeating myself, the reason is quite simply space. However, I am still reviewing things in light of Mr Plowman and others' comments and will let you know the result. In the meantime, has anyone got a copy of the film to lend him?

Still with TV and Kevin Boorman, communications and marketing manager for Hastings Borough Council, spotted our This Is Christmas supplement last Tuesday stated John Logie Baird made his first transmission "in the mid-Thirties" when, in fact, it was 1923.

He also spotted the mention of Hastings' "popular cricket ground". In fact, that closed in 1994 to be replaced by the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, which didn't get a mention.

"Surprising," says Kevin, "given the focus of the publication was Christmas shopping." Clean bowled, I reckon.

David Thorpe, of Brighton, spotted a spelling error in an advertisement for The Argus in the same supplement.

Forgivable, perhaps, if the word hadn't been "performance" spelt without the second R.

In the same vein, R Bayfield, of Portslade, says: "I assume spell-checker software has replaced human proofreaders at The Argus. It will point out incorrect spellings but not inappropriate words."

Lead, instead of led, and principal, instead of principle, appeared in last Friday's paper, he or she says, while previous errors have included hoards instead of hordes and compliment instead of complement.

"I am also saddened," he says, "by the incorrect use of 'I' and 'me' in phrases such as 'me and my dad went to the football'. There is a simple test: If you had gone alone, would you say 'me' or 'I'? Nobody would say 'me went'." Quite right.

I have been asked to point out that in our story about compensation available to the families of the World Trade Centre attack victims last Wednesday, Roz South was speaking in a personal capacity and not on behalf of either North Stand Chat, Robert Eaton's family or his memorial fund, although she used to be the fund's press officer.

Our Woman feature on November 19 quoted James Grant saying Institute of Advanced Motoring expert Colin Angior had told him the speed limit on a dual carriageway was 65mph.

The quote was right but, due to James' mishearing, the speed was not - the limit is actually 70mph.

I, too, must own up and say I did John Bartlett a disservice last week over his complaint that we had made it seem like Cherie Blair was Britain's First Lady.

The story, as I said last week, didn't but, retorts John correctly, the headline did. Sorry.

Finally, Carole Dowsing asks why columnist Vanora Leigh refers to "the" rather than "my" mother.

"I find it very rude," says Carole, "and if it's meant to sound trendy, it fails miserably in my eyes. Bring back good old-fashioned grammar!"

Vanora replies: "My column is not meant to be taken seriously and, anyway, it would be ungrammatical to say 'me mother'. Okay, I suppose "the" implies there's only one, as in The Queen, but for me there's only one mother - She Who Must Be Obeyed, the Mother.

"I know me gramma - you have to know the rules before you can break them!" Great stuff!