10 APRIL 1993, Page 30

Boring bumf

Sir: I started to fill out your readership sur- vey (3 April), but had to abandon it. Can I suggest that its thrust was entirely wrong?

'Your plaice or mine?' Only one question out of 31 dealt with the most important matter of all — the quality of the contents. The rest was entirely taken up with idiotic questions about consumer trinkets. No, I do not have a Louis Vuitton suitcase, nor do I use Gucci or indeed any after-shave. But I admire incisive, thought- provoking and elegant writing and that's why I read your paper and there's an end of It.

Stephen Pimenoff

3 Naunton Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire