I am a PhD student at the University of Sussex, researching the history of British fascism from 1939 to 1966.

The blurb about the BBC1 Omnibus documentary on Nancy Mitford (Argus, February 7) stated that Mitford's sister, Lady Diana Mosley, Oswald Mosley's wife, "still lives in exile".

The Oxford English Dictionary defines exile as "the state of being barred from one's native country".

The accepted reason for the Mosleys' move to Paris is that their post-war party, the Union Movement, which ran under Oswald's leadership from 1948 to 1966, had replaced the pre-war policy of nationalism with a new policy called Europe A Nation, a call for a united Europe.

Thus, the Mosleys decided in 1951 that if they were to be Europeans, they must move to Europe, hence their residency (not exile) in Paris.

Oswald died in 1981 but Diana lived in the same house, the Temple de la Gloire, until 2000.

If there are any former members of the Union Movement who would be willing to be interviewed, please contact me at: GRC Hums PG Pigeon Holes, Arts B, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QN or e-mail me.

-Andrew Harvey, and-harvey@currantbun.co