It seems you can't please all the people all the time judging by the following comments about the new Argus.

Mrs T Roberts, from Brighton, says she doesn't really like the makeover, complaining: "One of the worst changes is the move of the personal announcements to the back of the paper. It seems, in particular, to trivialise death. These announcements seem to be squeezed in between birthdays and advertisements for Argus services as if they are nothing more than an inconvenience.

"I gather from your advertising that you are aiming for the younger end of the market. That may be so but please don't forget those readers over the physical age of (say) 25 or those over the mental age of ten. I know that I have exceeded the former and hope that I have reached the latter!"

The reason we moved the announcements page, Mrs Roberts, was to free up space for more news and comment at the front of the paper and it is flagged in the page 2 index. You may also not have noticed that recently we split the birthdays and other "happy" announcements from the deaths and in memoriam notices for exactly the reason you mention. Let me assure you we respect the dead - and the living too (whatever their age and/or state of mind).

Margaret Corbin, from Hove, dislikes the size of the front page headlines.

"If they were a bit smaller there would be more space for the real news and perhaps one page less for the paper boy to carry each day," she says.

"Moreover, less blatant headlines would give a touch more elegance to the appearance of the paper."

On the other hand, Colin Grainger, of the highly successful Brighton arts and entertainment venue Komedia, says: "I just wanted to congratulate you on your makeover of The Argus. Everything about the paper is more attractive and interesting and its coverage of live entertainment is now the best of any provincial paper I know."

Ron and J Anderson thank us for offers and competitions, especially the film ticket offers in The Guide on Fridays, saying: "The revamped Argus seems to have been very well worked out and we especially like the Guide daily.

"Thanks and keep up the good work."

Apologies now to Pamela Hill, from Woodingdean, and Pat Farley, from Newhaven.

Mrs Farley had a poem published on April 5, which we then printed again on April 20 as Mrs Hill's. In fact, Mrs Hill had simply written in to say how much she had enjoyed the poem.

Elizabeth Syrett, from Lewes, says she has kept the Sussex Visitor Guide which came free with The Argus on Good Friday because it had a very useful list of restaurants.

However, she says the article about Lewes history was comical, explaining: "The Argus seems to think that when she wasn't burning Protestant martyrs, Queen Mary was knocking down the Catholic Priory. Surely it was Henry VIII who ordered the destruction of the monasteries? If he hadn't made such a thorough job of it, Catholic Queen Mary would have restored them on her accession to the throne." Many thanks, Mrs Syrett.

And finally, Nick Morris, from Brighton, says he was disappointed to miss former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne at The Dome recently and that we didn't carry a story about the concert.

"Come on Argus," he says, "we older (he's 39!) readers like to let our hair down too!"

I'm happy to say you're wrong on both counts, Nick. Byrne's show was postponed until July 24 - as we reported on March 29.