19 NOVEMBER 1988, page 26

Letters

According to plan Sir: In the criticism levelled at architect- designed buildings it is often overlooked that many non-architect-designed buildings are themselves very poor. I......

Jennifer's Diary

Sir: I was on the editorial staff of The Spectator from 1958 to 1962: is there no one there these days to verify references? I refer to Jennifer Paterson's Diary (5 November).......

Sir: The Sight Of The Prince Of Wales Cruising Through

our towns and cities in his private train at the invitation of the BBC, passing scornful judgment on their post- war architecture, was, to say the least, unedifying. As he......

`...and Statistics'

ORAL cancer caused nearly as many deaths . . . (1,266 in 1983) as cervical cancer (1,959). (Letter from the Oral & Dental Research Trust to the Times, 1 Novem- ber) The oral......