4 NOVEMBER 1989, Page 22

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Sir: The reaction of my three-year-old daughter to the piece of card inside your magazine upon which a caricature of Au- beron Waugh urges us to subscribe, is one which may well sum up many readers' feelings about the great columnist: 'Ugh . . . it's the wicked old witch! Or is it the wise owl?'

Susan Gluck

7 Talbot Road, London W2