16 JUNE 1990, Page 20

Layabouts

Sir: James Wallis (Letters, 26 May) sug- gests that the switch of the 'High Life' and 'Low life' titles be made permanent. But surely Taki and Bernard are both working the same side of the street, the one which includes 'all those who live without work — aristocrats, gamblers, thieves, preachers, women living off men in or out of marriage, grown children living off their parents or off inheritances. All the idlers.' (The Conflict, David Phillips, 1912).

Bill Whelan

8 Mullon Avenue, Garage Apt., Port Washington, New York, USA