Where was I? Ah yes, mistakes and how we all make them.

I blundered in last week's Feedback by claiming that Margaret Julyan, from Haywards Heath, was wrong to allege we had printed the incorrect answers to our crosswords on Monday last week.

In fact, we did - but only in the morning edition. The answers in the evening edition (which I had checked) were correct.

Humblest apologies to Mrs Julyan, of whom more later, and thanks to Jim Cannons, from Chailey, and Stephen Warden, from Brighton, for putting me right.

In "partial jest", Mr Warden also asks: "Is your crossword compiler a little, grey-haired, old lady, well past retirement age, who you keep chained to the desk in the corner of the typing pool and the only reason you won't release her into the comfort of her sheltered housing is that you can find no one else prepared to compile such fiendish and recondite little known puzzles?"

Well, no is the answer but you might think so after he (it's not a woman) managed to give the wrong number of letters in two down clues (1 and 9) on Monday. Thanks to Ruby Shirley, from Hove, and Mrs Rudman, from Kemp Town, Brighton, who rang to point this out.

Perhaps Mrs Julyan's comment last week that we sack the compiler is worth considering, although Mr Warden concludes: "Actually, I rather like The Argus crosswords - even if they do infuriate me."

J Corlett, from Brighton, was disappointed at our picture on Thursday last week of children rehearsing for the English Youth Ballet's production of Coppelia at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings on October 3 and 4.

He or she says: "The children went through an extensive audition to gain a place with this production and trained really hard to make the performance memorable.

"They and their families were looking forward to the recognition of having their photo in their local paper. But there was really no point in publishing the one you did as all we could see were a couple of girls and loads and feet, legs and backs. All the children should have been acknowledged and seen."

Quite so, which is why we printed a more appropriate picture in Extra on Wednesday this week.

Steve Watson, from Hove, wishes to correct our gardening writer Bob James, who wrote in The Argus Weekend last Saturday that Perovskian blue spire was an ornamental grass.

"It is in fact a member of the Labiatae family and related to the dead nettle," says Mr Watson. "Bob is right, however, to say it looks 'more like an upright shrublet with silvery grey stems', because that is precisely what it is. It is otherwise known as Russian sage."

You're clearly a gardening sage yourself, Mr Watson. Thanks.

Now back to Mrs Julyan and also our BN1 cartoonist Alex Hallatt. Mrs Julyan was among those to criticise Alex in a recent Feedback but now says: "I think it is well drawn and one actually made me laugh recently."

Well, I am sorry to report that Alex is leaving The Argus because she's moving to New Zealand. Her last BN1 will be next Friday. Love her or loathe her, I am sure all readers will wish her bon voyage. She will be replaced with a new puzzle.

And finally, this week's Spicer. Gerald says in the Your Memories section in The Argus Weekend last Saturday we referred to ice hockey player Chuck Zamick when it should have said Chic Zamick.

He also says the Spitfire I referred to last week was THE one his friend Norman Lees was killed in 2000 and not one like it. I apologise to Mr Lees' widow and her family for using a picture of it in the first place.