Briefly

Your correspondent writes of Karajan and Solti as the greatest conductors of our time (Letters, 14 September) . Many of us who care more for music than showbusiness consider Haitink deserves the title.

K Carter

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

You are wrong to say Mother Teresa closed down the Co-Workers Groups. We never raised funds as she never wanted us to become a sort of "Save the Children" organisation, but to concentrate on actually doing good.

K Clark, Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, Exeter

Some readers say they don't share in the grief for Princess Diana (Letters, 14 September). John Donne's words are apt. "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind ... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

L Hepburn, Chatham, Kent

You don't have to live near a Fair World Oxfam shop to buy fair trade goods ("How to shop better", Review, 7 September).Traidcraft (0191 491 0591) imports from small producers in developing countries.

V Piekosz

Northallerton, North Yorkshire