3 OCTOBER 1998, Page 37

Reading matters

Sir: What a civilising influence your maga- zine must be, and how things change. Christopher Renwick feels sad that Alexan- der Rae's weekly highlight is reading The Spectator (Letters, 19 September). When I was in the army with Christopher, his week- ly highlight was reading Soldier of Fortune magazine. I don't think he traced the words with his fingers as he read, but he did move his lips.

Nicholas Lunt

13 bd de l'Impdratrice, Brussels, Belgium