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Sir: The Julie Burchill spoof was too over- the-top to

be entirely convincing (as a com- parison with the genuine Burchill Diary piece in the current edition of Private Eye will confirm). But have a care: any more of this, and she may take it into her head to do an Alan Clark on you.

Emily Morris

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