14 NOVEMBER 1998, Page 37

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Sir: I wonder if anyone drew to your notice the following in a profile of Professor Alas- dair Breckenridge of Liverpool in the Lancet: `How do you relax?' I would like to say golf and gardening, but in all honesty, I would have to admit that I regard being able to read the whole of The Spectator every week as a real achievement.' .

Dr Hugh de Glanville

hu@bjhc.demon.co.uk

The Editor writes: I intend to take the Pro- fessor's remark as a compliment.