30 NOVEMBER 1996, Page 40

Fascists' corner

Sir: Taki, with his customary self-restraint, gently ends his column (High life, 16 November) with the words, 'Arriba Franco, Arriba Pinochet, Arriba Salazar"! A less tasteful and retiring pen would surely have extended the list to its logical conclusion: Arriba Mussolini, Arriba Hitler, Arriba Taki!

David Gilmour

St Antony's College, Oxford