28 MARCH 1992, Page 29

Breaking the code

Sir: Further to 'Morse the pity' (Arts, 14 March) concerning the standard of writing in the new Inspector Morse series, may I say it would have been contrary to the real Morse code to have used the expression, 'life-style', as the Chief Inspector did in the episode Martyn Harris discussed.

'Life-style' came to life some dozen years ago in the 'Living' supplement of the daily New York Times, a salad of fashion, gynae- cology, health-tips, and laywomen's psychi- atry. It should have remained there.

John McCormick

Hovingham Lodge, Hovingham, York