Apology redux
All I have to say to Robert Segal ("All apologies", 17/24 December) is that I'm sorry you feel that way.Stephen Kukureka, Worcester.
All I have to say to Robert Segal ("All apologies", 17/24 December) is that I'm sorry you feel that way.Stephen Kukureka, Worcester.
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