Love and White Shadows

I do not know - and I feel there is no way of learning - whether The Times reaches the regions where Michaelangelo, Bernini, et al reside. If it does, I am sure they must have been amused, and also amazed, after reading of the prize for 'Love' and 'White Shadows' (June 17).

I also enjoyed Prof. England's humour. But that is where enjoyment ended. The learned professor seems to have forgotten the Latin proverb Vox populi, vox dei. But there again, perhaps Prof. England did not do Latin.

Prof. England brings St James Cavalier into the discussion. St James is enclosed within the boundaries of a bastion and can in no way be offensive to passers-by. The two so-called sculptures, however, are a constant irritation to the huge masses of the populi who have not studied art and in all probability are only interested to see to the smooth-running of their lives.

The obstacle created by at least one of these constructions is certainly contrary to the smooth-running of a leisurely stroll along St Julian's Bay.

The populi quite rightly refuse (not are afraid) to "jump into the contemporary world of art", when such "art" is no art at all but is the expression of a feeling to create something different.

At the end of the day and what counts most is public opinion, and here I am sure that the "plebs" in their great majority are in complete astonishment as to why such a beautiful seafront had to be marred by these constructions.