14 APRIL 1984, Page 24

Greatly exaggerated

Sir: May I reassure readers of Andrew Wilson's Diary (7 April) that the Toby Fitton who wrote for Blackwood's magazine and the Toby Fitton who contributes occasional fiction reviews to the Times Literary Supplement are indeed one and the same person? Accounts of my death in London were, as they say, greatly exaggerated. I well remember meeting Mr Wilson when he was the guest of a clergyman at my Edinburgh club, but have not seen him recently. The demise of Blackwood's was very upsetting to us all, and I have been under occasional medical treatment since then, but I hope to be able to continue literary work for a long time to come.

Toby Fitton

Goodleague Hence, Fountain Saint Agnes,

Herefordshire