7 JUNE 1969, Page 25

A lesson in communication

Sir: Ludovic Kennedy (9 May) has taken three-quarters of a page to spell out what is obvious, I should have thought, to most churchgoers as to the meaning of Matthew ii, 5 and 6 and, of course, we realise that verse six is a prophecy and that Herod's request was put in the way it was so as not to alert the wise men as to his real motive.

Ludovic Kennedy's opinion of the intelli- gence of us churchgoers seems pretty low, but it can't be much lower than mine of his if he really thinks the Church of England service is an 'occasion of stunning boredom'. Of course it will be if he attends with no real desire to worship or enter into its inner meaning.

A. N. Skinner 137 Old Bath Road, Cheltenham, Glos.