28 APRIL 2001, Page 63

Q. A minor gaffe (14 April) but, as Geoffrey Madan

(sic) noted, 'Two languages are universally understood: love and gaffes.' Anyway, you're the lucky one — you will know just how to excuse it.

Lower John Street, London W1 A. No, there is no excuse for my misspelling the name of the author of the recherche 'Notebooks' which I recommended for display in lavatories. Meanwhile, I can announce that Prion is in the throes of considering whether to reprint the much sought-after but out-of-print Geoffrey Madan 's Notebooks this autumn.