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A caption on a photograph of Rich Ricci wearing a particular hat has sparked some consternation among those in the know

Sir, Your report about Rich Ricci (Apr 19) refers to his favourite style of hat as a homburg. If that’s not a trilby he’s wearing in the accompanying photograph, I’ll eat my hat.

Richard Cumberland
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