16 JULY 1988, Page 23

Patronage

Sir: Taki is so miffed (High Life, 2 July) at getting only one mention in Charles Benson's book (I have no serious com- plaint about my four) that, while biting the hand that he says he fed with banknotes over the years, he overlooks one point. When I introduced Taki to The Spectator and he started writing the column with which he has diverted us for some 12 years, it was Benson who had introduced Taki to me.

Simon Courtauld

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