8 SEPTEMBER 2001, Page 32

From Mr Dominic Low Sir: British food has always been

international. The Raj brought curry back from India, and the traders tea. We took India Pale Ale out there, and much more. The Spanish brought mangoes to the West Indies from the East, and so on.

And what was John Ware himself doing on a Mark Warner holiday?

Dominic Low

Faken ham, Norfolk