16 OCTOBER 2004, Page 40

No such Association

From Sir Sigmund Sternberg Sir: The Spectator specialises in and delights us with the cast of freewheeling characters who contribute weekly to its columns, and none more than Rod Liddle. But while you must properly be protective of his right to express his views, however eccentric, you cannot allow him the right to invent 'facts'. In his latest article (`Has Auntie no shame?', 9 October), Mr Liddle claims a reference by me in a letter to the 'Jewish Papal Knights' Association'. There is no such Association, and I have never spoken or written of such an Association.

Sigmund Sternberg

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