17 JUNE 1989, Page 24

Hic sic

Sir: Garland is innocent (Letters, 10 June)! The Bayeux Tapestry inscription reads in full at this point: 'Hic Harold rex interfectus est,' hic being an adverb (meaning 'here', 'in this place') not a demonstrative adjec- tive. Thus it was correctly used on The Spec- tator's cover.

James Lloyd-Thomas

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