17 JUNE 1989, Page 24

Sir: Living in the heart of '1066 Country' I appreciated

very much the up-dating of the Bayeux Tapestry on the front cover of your issue of 20 May.

But have you not equipped the staunch defender of our island heritage with a Norman lance? Surely it would have been more authentic, and perhaps more appropriate, if our champion had been shown with the weapon of Harold's elite troops — the Anglo-Scandinavian battle- axe!

K. M. Reader

Heathers, Caldbec Hill, Battle, East Sussex