13 DECEMBER 1997, Page 32

Pompous

Sir: What a Scrooge that pompous Bazal- gette is (Letters, 6 December)! I bet that his second-hand motor is south of a Volvo. His jealousy should be tortured further by the fact that I got paid by the splendid Speccie for the Diary. I hope Bazalgette is now biting the upholstery of his sofa in bijou Kensington.

David Tang

29 St James's Place, London SW1