29 OCTOBER 1988, Page 32

Pet theory

Sir: I am amazed at Charles Moore's dogmatic assertion (Diary, 8 October) that `you cannot take your pets to heaven'. Cynthia Lady Sandys, who has been in communication for years with departed members of her family, assured me that the first thing her husband did, when he crossed the border, was to visit his horses.

Roger Corbet-Milward

The Glebe House, Holdfast, Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire