23 JANUARY 1993, Page 30

A bed for Norman

Sir: At the risk of appearing ill-mannered (Low life, 16 January), might I remind Jet." frey Bernard that the Arab clients of the London clinic are in fact semites, whatever their position on the Jewish question.

Perhaps it's not too late to book Normal' into an NHS hospital while we still have some?

Tim Maguire 11 Howe Street, Edinburgh