I WAS appalled by Jo Haywood's comments in the Women on Tuesday pages (Cheap tricks, August 2).

In relation to the Jorvik Viking Centre she writes: "Who better to babysit your children than a gang of marauders bent on raping and pillaging?"

What was she thinking? I have never been a fan of hers but neither have I been moved to write to complain before. A public apology is called for, not least for the good people of the Jorvik Viking Centre.

K White,

Strensall Road,

Huntington,

York.

Updated: 10:40 Friday, August 05, 2005