21 AUGUST 1993, Page 22

After you, Claude

Sir: Paul Johnson's hysteria about the European Community (a welcome but no doubt brief respite from his hysteria about the BBC) might command more respect if he could spell the names of the two fathers of the Community correctly (And another thing, 31 July). Robert Schumann was a German composer, and Monet (albeit Claude) a French painter.

John Drummond

Director, BBC Promenade Concerts, 16 Langham Street, London W1