I feel bad about knocking one of the London left's most cherished articles of faith – but Ken Livingstone did not "hand over" London's public bike hire scheme to his successor and Boris Johnson did not "steal" the idea from him (Diary, 20 June). The Tories proposed a public cycle hire scheme in London on 12 September 2007. It took until the following February for Ken to make a similar commitment – seven-and-three-quarter years after he became mayor – and no work was done to implement it in the three months before he left office. The only thing he handed over to the new City Hall team was a well-stocked wine cupboard.
Andrew Gilligan
Cycling commissioner for London
Never mind drummers, viola players or anybody else (Letters, 21 June), what matters in music is perfect pitch: the ability to toss a banjo into a skip without it touching the sides.
Bill White
Leeds
Your graphic showing "Major refugee-hosting countries" (Most refugees since second world war, 20 June) ignores the UNRWA figures for Palestinian refugees. Had you included these, the top refugee hosting country would have been Jordan (2,689,300), followed by the West Bank and Gaza (2,092,100) and then Pakistan.
Paul Jeremy
Brighton
Has anyone else noticed how dreadful the writing of The Archers has become under the coalition? Has another national institution been sold down the river?
Barbara McKiernan
Leeds