11 JULY 1987, Page 23

Bearing arms

Sir: Writing recently of a fracas in New York (High life, 13 June) in which hysteric- al women tried to debag him, Taki said: 'They only managed to get two of my cuff-links and part of my tie. . . .` How many arms does he have, for Christ's sake? Ludovic Kennedy

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