18 DECEMBER 1999, Page 42

Blue belle

From Mr Peter Hollier Sir: Petronella Wyatt (Singular life, 4 December) tells us that the only attractive female candidate in the last general elec- tion was Elizabeth Noel. Is she not aware that Anne McIntosh, a most attractive female candidate, won the Vale of York for the Conservatives with a majority of 9,721? Peter Horner

Rose Cottage, Whenby, York