31 JANUARY 1981, Page 17

Ignorant and boorish

Sir: Mr Phillip Hodson (Letters, 17 January) is of course entitled to defend his paper but his effort does not say much for his judgment.

His comment on the BBC World Service is silly and ignorant, while his crack about 'polar bores' is mean, boorish and illinformed.

Unlike the Daily Star, the late Quintin Riley was never a damp squib.

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