10 FEBRUARY 1961, Page 16

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS

must ask Monica Furlong to substantiate. or to withdraw with a fairly abject apology, her astonishing and fantastic statement: 'He [Altrin- cham] . . . thinks he would have disliked Christ if he had known him personally. . . .' Bigotry gives short shrift to the unorthodox, but there are limits to what even the most hardened victim of odium theologicum can tolerate.—Yours faithfully,

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ALTRI NCH1M

[Monica Furlong writes: 'I had gained the impres- sion that Lord Altrincham would have disliked Christ if he had known Him personally from his "Awkward .Child" article in the Guardian. If, boss - ever. I have misunderstood him.' I should like to apologise—abjectly.'--Editor, Spectator.]