23 MARCH 1996, Page 28

Gossip and error Sir: Stephen Glover evidently thinks that it

is acceptable to continue to sound off confi- dently about my alleged intentions towards the Observer (Letters, 16 March) without taking the trouble to lift the phone and check his gossip. As a result, Spectator read- ers are being served up with a mixture of reheated wine-bar talk and statements that are plain wrong. It doesn't bother me undu- ly, but it might bother you.

Alan Rusbridger The Guardian,

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