12 OCTOBER 1996, Page 34

Bring back Rachel

Sir: Rather than taking up the cudgels, Mr Varadarajan (Letters, 28 September) should see Mr Glover's point, which was to express sadness over the loss of Rachel Campbell-Johnston's articles and the hope that she would be given more scope for her skill in writing articles on current affairs rather than writing obituaries. I hope the Times will give her a break.

Haig

Bemersyde, Melrose, Roxburghshire