5 JANUARY 2008, Page 20

Top-shelf Spectator

Sir: I recently bought my copy of The Spectator in my local supermarket. After the checkout girl had scanned it in, she asked me if I was over 18. ‘Eh?’ I replied. It transpired that yours is classified as an adults-only magazine in my local supermarket. Do you produce (ahem) ‘gentlemen’s supplements’ that are always, inexplicably missing from my copy? Steven Richmond

Harpenden, Herts