I write regarding your piece on architects in film, (28 January, page 34). It was entertaining but, being limited only to American architects, remained firmly in fantasyland

There is a better example, much nearer home. In his masterpiece the Forsyte Saga, Galsworthy created the brooding, bullying architect Philip Bosinney to design Soames鈥� dream house.

He insisted that his client build what he didn鈥檛 want, grossly exceeded his client鈥檚 budget without authority and demanded more fees. Soames, in return, withheld fees, bankrupting Bosinney and ultimately causing his suicide. Ring any bells?

I know that this story is spoiled a bit by the architect having stolen his client鈥檚 wife, but it鈥檚 at least as credible as some of the antics recreated in the article.

Malcolm Taylor, Lancaster

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