4 APRIL 1992, Page 31

Sentimental

Sir: Keith Waterhouse asks (Diary, 14 March) what the policy of Spectator readers is on removing the names of the deceased from their address books. The tried and tested technique is to write the address book in pencil, so when anybody dies you just rub him out.

J. Tadion

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