Goodbye to gallery audio guides at last | Brief letters

Castle Howard exhibition | John Cleese and racism | Hidden cost of coffee in Italy | Fair toilet provisionThree cheers for Sir Tony Cragg (‘They look sad’: Tony Cragg scraps audio guides for Castle Howard exhibition, 2 May). For years I have waited patiently at exhibitions behind someone with headphones listening to three minutes of talk about a picture, usually followed by three seconds looking at that picture. Paintings are visual art, to be looked at. Background information and go