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I recently received an anonymous letter that was also addressed to the editors of another MV magazine, the Dailey (sic) Mail and Express, and the Department of Health. An odd combination of addressees you might think, but it was basically a diatribe against the sanitary conditions at one of last year’s MV events. The thinly veiled accusation against the MV mags was that they failed to report what the anonymous writer considered to be ‘the truth’ in return for some sort of financial incentive. All I can say now is that details of my pension fund account are available to show organisers upon request, but it won’t do them much good, and not only because someone else will be in this seat before the show season starts. The fact is, the last time I looked this magazine was called Classic Military Vehicle and not Sanitary Monthly or some such. Hanging around the toilet and shower blocks at a show is very low on my priorities – I better qualify that; I deny ever doing it. But I would happily have published sensible, relevant and non-libellous letters on the subject... as long as the writer had the courtesy to identify themselves. But the really odd thing in my view was that, judging by what he or she wrote, the anonymous author had every intention of going to the same event again this year. Why in heaven’s name would anyone do that if it was so bad? Just don’t go. If enough people vote with their feet, good, well-run shows will prosper – others won’t. Simple. Correction: Last month we reported on a court case (Normandy Museum Embezzled) involving Patrick Bunel and stated that he was currently head of the Normandy Tank Museum. In fact, his association with the Normandy Tank Museum ceased in November 2013 and we would like to apologise for any embarrassment caused by that error.