11 JUNE 1977, Page 15

Boa constrictor

Sir: Since your Alastair Forbes (21 May) seems to know some French, he must surely have heard of `Le style, c'est rhomme% So what a man is he likely to be! Not much of a man, I fear, but a boa constrictor constricting itself. Where, I wonder, do people like him get all their venom from? At least you also have got Christopher Booker!

(Dr) E. Conze Foxwell, Marston Road, Sherbome, Dorset