Madam, - John Waters, back from his holiday in Italy, tells us that our best hope is to be more like the Italians (The Irish Times, August 27th).
Ailish Connelly, back from her holiday in France, tells us that we should take a leaf from the French (The Irish Times, August 28th).
Is this the beginning of a missionary movement in The Irish Times with the aim of saving us from ourselves? - Yours, etc,
ANTHONY SHERIDAN, Carraig Eoin, Cobh, Co Cork.