19 JANUARY 1985, Page 9

Correction A line, here italicised, was missing from the third

column of Christopher Hitchens's article about The Liberal Crack-Up, two 'potations running into each other: • • . Truth be known, however, it was the Liberals's war, foul-ups and all.' Then, on Only a page later, it is 'the Liberals who absconded. . .