17 JULY 2004, Page 26

Hardy perennial

From Christopher Haw free Sir: Although Charles Moore (The Spectator's Notes, 3 July) is correct in saying that Mr Wilkins's exasperated cry of 'Doh!' in Anthony Buckeridge's magnificent Jennings novels anticipates Homer Simpson, the creators of the latter are more likely to have had in mind the Laurel and Hardy to whom Buckeridge was paying tribute. Perhaps this is what is meant by postmodernism.

Christopher Hawtree

Hove, West Sussex