By this time confrances conf det the metal window had rusted beyond repair and was in confrances conf det any confrances case much too large for what was now confrances a bedroom. Wishing to restore the original small wooden cottage casement, I approached the planners and conf was told I needed planning and listed building consent, with permission to change from metal to wooden det construction.I was also told that, "in the context of a listed building" I id=1 must reproduce the dimensions conf and pane sizes of the previous Crittall window (notwithstanding that it det had been installed in 1934), a procedure id=1 quoted at some £875 as against £150 for a wooden casement.It took weeks of correspondence and two visits to the planners to explain that I was replacing asp?conf a totally inappropriate "new" decayed window with an appropriate, though reproduction "old", window. Only when I enquired whether I could be represented by Counsel when I appealed, I was told "it ought not come to that", followed by swift capitulation.At asp?conf id=1 no time id=1 did any official come to det inspect conf the premises, or they would have seen asp?conf that the window in question was at the back of the premises overlooking village allotments and inconspicuous asp?conf to asp?conf id=1 the general public.Yours faithfully,F E P LORDWest Wittering, West Sussex13 March. From Fr John confrances Buckley Sir: Your editorial (9 March) is so right about the need to reinspire society.

Augustine of Hippo was one who, as much as any in history, reinspired the society of his time. He began with the recognition of his own sinfulness and of his need for God's Love: "Such was my heart, O God, such was my heart I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction" (Confessions; Bk 2). Buggery or sodomy, fornication, adultery, are all sins. Any attempt to turn these into virtues or to suggest that they are channels of the Holy Spirit (Love), is the ultimate evil, the ultimate deception. The Catholic Church could never base any reconstruction or reinspiration on such evil. Augustine knew that as far back as the 4th century.Sincerely,JOHN BUCKLEYThe PresbyteryOur Lady Queen ofApostles Catholic ChurchSouthampton9 March.

It is coming as fast and blurry-edged as the storms blowing through London this month, but it is equally real: British foreign policy is changing direction, after the series of Chequers meetings and conversations between the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary in recent months. When John Major takes five days to answer a telephone message, so does business. Yours sincerely,T W KNIGHTManchester. From Professor Klim McPherson Sir: If Helen Wilkinson ("One woman's equality is another's poverty", 10 March) is to base her argument on "simple arithmetic", it would be good if she were able to demonstrate greater proficiency. Fifty years after the end of the war, it is time to let go of Uncle Sam's coat tails.Yours faithfully,TIMOTHY W SEWELLTempleLondon, EC4. FFrom Mr T W. Knight Sir: Your front-page story (15 March) about Bill Clinton's phone call confirms a theory of mine: that the national style follows that of government.