18 NOVEMBER 1995, Page 34

Outrageous

Sir: The publication of the letters in The Spectator (11 November) rejoicing in the return of Alan Clark as Spectator diarist the previous week imply approval of Mr Clark's outrageous comments on the immediate former editor of The Spectator. In fact, the publication of those offensive and tasteless reflections was an oversight for which the editor has spontaneously expressed regret to his predecessor.

Conrad M Black

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