In Brief

Sir: In your account of the troubles of the Royal Armouries at Leeds (31 July) you repeat the propaganda that when they were at the Tower of London "up to nine-tenths of the collection was never seen by visitors". This is strictly true. But what has never been made clear publicly is that the bulk of the nine-tenths comprises hundreds of identical service arms from the old national arsenal which would bore the public stiff if they were all to be put on show.

CLAUDE BLAIR

Ashtead, Surrey