Further to the letter I quoted on Friday, there has been continued discussion on the Guardian letters page, for example on Saturday:

Surely the late, great Paul Foot was a leg-end in his own lifetime. Ian Iles Taunton, Somerset

And today:

I wish to claim authorship of the original Michael Foot leg-end letter (Letters, October 6). I can't recall the long-ago date but it was in response to a suggestion that, were the great man ever to become defence secretary, the Guardian could proclaim "Foot heads arms body". John Smith Sheffield

Great.