Letter: A jiving Chancellor moves in as Lamont prepares to quote Rolf Harris

Sir: Your Diary (1 June) offers a reward for a sighting of Kenneth Clarke taking exercise. All the profiles of him concentrate on his shape and love of beer but ignore the fact that he was an excellent Rugby fives player at Nottingham High School in the late 1950s. (For the uninitiated, Rugby fives is similar to squash, but is played with a hard ball and using gloves rather than a racket.) I was his partner for two years in which time the team successfully took on schools and universities in the Midlands and north of England. As a fellow frequenter of jazz clubs in Nottingham, I have also seen him jiving.

Perhaps a report of activity 34 years ago does not qualify me for the champagne, but a couple of bottles of Shipstone's Light Ale, brewed in our home city, would be appreciated.

Yours faithfully

JOHN R. EXELBY

Managing Editor

BBC World Service

Television News

London, W12

1 June