Anonymity: Who deserves it and who doesn't when writing letters to our Opinion page?

Well, the subject has already been raised there, but the editor wishes me to throw open the debate to readers of this column too, since you are such a well-read bunch!

I think we can all agree that people who are victims of crime or abuse and wish to air their views on the subject have every right to be called "name and address supplied".

But does the same apply to a policeman, for example, criticising his force and therefore fearing for his job? And would, let's say, a teacher blatantly supporting a political party fall into the same category or not?

And what about people who just want to express their views but don't want their details published just because they fear - however mistakenly - they could become a target as a result?

Or maybe you take the view that a democracy means people who wish to express a view should have the courage of their convictions to say who they are. If it's their job that prevents their identification then, as one correspondent put it this week, they are either in the wrong job or should keep quiet!

Personally, I liked the writer who reminded us that some years ago The Argus letters page stated at the bottom that not only should names and addresses be supplied - as it does now - but in most cases those who didn't mind identification would be given priority.

Let me know what you think - anonymously or otherwise!

Dereck Wade, chief planning officer at Adur District Council, thought our story last Thursday about the disused cement works could have given the impression that he was recommending it was suitable for an incinerator.

In fact, he says, he was simply reporting on the possible options for councillors from Adur and Horsham, in whose areas the site lies.

He concludes that readers and residents can be assured that if and when a planning application is received there will be full consultation, whether or not it contains a waste facility.

The same day we carried a picture of smiling pupils at Langley Green Middle School in Crawley celebrating the conversion of the kitchen into a pre and after-school club.

However, Richard Symonds, who has run a campaign against West Sussex County Council's decision to axe hot school meals and so close school kitchens, believes we were duped.

Mr Symonds thinks we should have published the picture source as the council, adding: "In my view, it has crossed the line from acceptable publicity to unacceptable party political propaganda".

And finally, apologies to James Hadley-Binder, whose name was spelt incorrectly in some editions of last Wednesday's paper in which we reported the horrific injuries he suffered in a rugby match.

Sorry, too, to his father David Binder, who we referred to as David Hadley-Binder.

Perhaps we should have kept them both anonymous!