21 OCTOBER 1995, Page 34

Annoyingly outmoded

Sir: In the same article (Portrait of the week, 14 October) you refer to Mrs Thomas Shep- hard and Mrs Peter Bottomley. Why do you persist in this out of date practice? You are , not even consistent: I do not recall ever see- ing you refer to Mrs Denis Thatcher. Please stop being perverse and move with the times. Robert Mair

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