11 NOVEMBER 2000, Page 35

Giftless Greeks

From Mr T. Hughes-Davies Sir: Maybe Taki could give us all a good laugh by trying to reconcile his theories of `race, intelligence and cultural achievement' (High life, 4 November) with the failure of the Greeks to produce a single significant writer, artist, soldier, statesman, scientist or mathematician in the last 2,000 years.

T. Hughes-Davies

Fordingbridge, Hampshire