Christopher Hawtree, from Hove, says: "There is something about the way in which we are bombarded with the word City.

"Everything seems to include it - City Clean, City Direct, City News."

He even complains about The Argus billboards which sometimes have news headlines that include the word, adding: "Chichester finds no need to keep proclaiming itself a city and appears all for the more dignified for it.

"And now," he continues, "we find history being rewritten in your pages."

He refers to the article last Friday about Irish Home Rule leader Charles Stewart Parnell and his lover Kitty O'Shea, who conducted much of their affair in Brighton and Hove in the 1880s.

Mr Hawtree says: "Whatever else was on their minds at the time, it was not a city for they knew the area as two towns - Hove and Brighton and, by living in Walsingham Road, evidently preferred Hove."

It's a fair point about the lovers, Mr Hawtree, but the fact is Brighton and Hove is now a city thanks to the successful campaign by The Argus and others to win us the status and thereby attract modern-day visitors who are so crucial to our prosperity. So you'll just have to get on with living in the you-know-what.

Brighton and Hove City Council chief executive David Panter was accidentally promoted (or should that be demoted) to a councillor in a news in brief item on Tuesday about a forum on transport to held at Brighton College on May 7.

My thanks to John Stevens, from Brighton, who spotted the error and correctly points out that had the news been true, Mr Panter would have something of a conflict of interest!

Thanks, too, to Margaret Cullen who says that last Wednesday we incorrectly reported that Eva Petulengro - mother of The Argus astrologer Claire - was the clairvoyant on the West Pier when we should have said the Palace Pier.

Margaret points out: "My husband Pat and I were on the West Pier for years."

Our story on Wednesday about the funeral of former bandleader Roy Affleck said the service took place at Small Dole Free Church, near Henfield.

In fact, it took place at Worthing Crematorium and was conducted by Jeff Whittington, pastor of the church. Apologies.

Our story on Tuesday about boat owners threatening to blockade Brighton Marina in protest at £50 million development plans stated that objector John Duffy was chairman of Brighton Marina Yacht Club.

In fact, he tells me, he is president and the chairman is, in effect, the club's commodore, Duncan Money. He was also objecting as a berth holder, not as a club official.

Mr Duffy adds that a picture purporting to be of him which we used with a story about a plan for a new office for the owners of the marina two Fridays ago was not of him at all and "hopefully, didn't look anything like me!"

Tim Parker stated in his Parker's Progress column on Wednesday last week that Uckfield-based Bakery Services plc appeared to be moving.

"The information is incorrect," says group financial controller Patrick Bodenham. "We are still based in Uckfield and have no plans to move." Sorry.

Oliver Atkinson, from Eastbourne, was disappointed to visit Flimwell Bird Park at Wadhurst after reading about it in The Sussex Visitor Guide, which came free with The Argus on Tuesday last week, and found it had been closed for two years! Thanks - and other potential visitors please note.

And finally, this week's Spicer from Gerald in Portslade, who points out that Tuesday's story about Tricia Leonard's father, George Horrobin, stated he was an RAF lance corporal when in fact that's an Army rank.

A story on the same page referred to Richard Branson as Mr Branson when of course it should have said Sir Richard. Thanks.