29 JANUARY 2000, Page 27

Exemplary name

From Mr Mark B. Lemmon Sir: In his article (Arts, 8 January) on Julio Medem's film, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Mark Steyn omitted to mention an obvious reason for the director's fascination with palindromic appellations. Medem's own surname is one.

Mark B. Lemmon 11 Crescent Road, London SW20