26 MAY 1984, Page 19

Fags

Sir: Alan Watkins is I think confused. His `intolerant' American who ran round the bar at Sadler's Wells shouting 'f...ing fags' (Diary, 19 May) was surely not referring to cigarettes. In the US 'fag' means something different. He was of course referring to homosexuals who, being wall to wall at Sadler's Wells, can seem suffocating. Nicky Bird 15 Burlington Gardens, London W4