Sir - You published an article by Camille Paglia (September 6th) which referred to the late Mr Dodi Fayed as a "scumbag". For a publication which consistently preaches high moral standards to make such an allegation about a person who is recently deceased is baffling. To make this allegation without any offering any supporting evidence whatsoever is outrageous and reprehensible in the extreme. It belongs at the opposite end of the moral spectrum to that which your publication purports to represent. - Yours, etc.,
Denis Ryan,
Longwood Avenue, Dublin 8.