23 JULY 1988, Page 20

LETTERS

Pompous Perry

Sir: My first husband, the late Hugh Fraser, who had a good sense of the ridiculous, would have roared with laugh- ter at Peregrine Worsthorne's concept of the sacred salon (Diary, 14 July); as indeed he often did laugh at Peregrine Wors- thorne's obsequious pomposity. But as a matter of fact, my words have been misre- ported. I referred merely to a sacred sofa; pointing out that Mrs Thatcher had once sat on the sofa now occupied by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie and David Hare. I like to think that there was a moment's reverent silence.

The infidelity to the truth in press reports of what was purely a private meeting continues to amaze me.

Antonia Fraser

52 Campden Hill Square, London W8