14 JANUARY 1995, Page 24

Universal challenge

Sir: Perhaps Mr Paxman would now tell us how distinguished politicians, generals, heads of industry and prison officials, etc. (`Seven types of evasion', 7 January) may protect themselves from the gratuitous offensiveness of overbearing television inquisitors?

Alistair Home

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