11 DECEMBER 1971, Page 31

Waugh Baugh

Sir: Agreeable rumours persist that you are to lose the service; of Auberon Waugh as reviewer. Please accept my sincerest felicitations on this pleasant prospect.

Please accept, too, the following Christmas Waughbash: Auberon Waugh is a Baugh I'd rather read father.

Desmond Elliott

38 Bury Street, St. James's, London SW1