I would dearly like to know why we appear to have so many firework displays in Brighton and also, who pays for them all.

Last week we had an enormous one. Ten days prior to that, yet another - in fact, they have become a regular source of entertainment. This is a great pity as, in the past, firework displays were put on for special occasions such as the opening day of the Festival.

Now they occur so regularly they mean nothing to people like me who now don't bother with the special ones anymore, either.

-Sheila Kent, Brighton