3 FEBRUARY 1990, Page 24

Black v Arnold

Sir: As the Spectator has become a RR/ Skoda hybrid, (Letters 20 and 27 January) may I suggest you restructure the rear end by replacing Wallace Arnold with Conrad Black? Your vehicle could then depart with an epistolary roar instead of a vapid splutter.

Stephen Mayer

Winden, Mill Lane, Balcombe, West Sussex