Briefly

l IT IS a pity that you chose to follow up your excellent article "Warning: Ecstasy causes amnesia" (7 January) with "Ecstasy kills teenager at club" (14 January). This ignores the fact that there is to date no reported death caused directly by Ecstasy. How many times must it be said? Education and facts are the solution.

G S Sinclair, Glasgow

l RE Inside Story: "Has he found his big idea?" (14 January).

There was a young leader called Blair

Who spoke with considerable flair.

But the gist of his grist

Was no more than Scotch mist

A stake in castles on air.

Jeremy Fonge

Carmarthen, Dyfed

l WHERE are the "blips" in the craniosacral system, a system not in any anatomy book ("The gentle touch", 14 January)? Massage is pleasant. It is not surprising it eases conditions such as asthma that have an important psychological overlay. There is no need to invest it with imaginary pathways to unblock. Dr Neville W Goodman

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

l ALAN Cram (Letters, 7 January) is mistaken in saying that the Family Railcard is being scrapped, it recently benefited from a promotion with Thomas the Tank Engine. There are no plans to withdraw the railcard, although Mr Cram's letter will do nothing to encourage sales.

Beth Collins

Association of Train Operating Companies, London NW1