29 MARCH 2008, Page 28

Noble Deedes

Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne’s compelling review of my biography of W.F. Deedes (Books, 22 March) strikes a discordant note in the final paragraph when it suggests that Bill spoke of ‘his last colleagues’ at the Daily Telegraph as ‘a stinking mob’. Bill used that phrase after the sacking of his friend Sue Ryan, and it referred specifically to the management of the company, as is made clear in my book. Bill would never have referred to journalistic colleagues in those terms.

Stephen Robinson

London NW1