25 MARCH 1989, Page 26

Trojan Horsburgh

Sir: Michael Trend wonders who ('Schooled for success?', 11 March) Miss F. Horsburgh was that her picture should hang among those of the Ministers (now Secretaries of State) for Education. Her homely features deserve their place in history. Gazing at them across the floor of the House of Commons, Aneurin Bevan asked: Was this the face that sank a thousand scholarships?'

M. Holmes

Diogenes Club, London SW1