17 JUNE 2000, Page 28

From Mr Rolf Norfolk Sir: I am grateful for the

editor's invitation to offer guidance on the use of the F-word. Without wishing to be characterised as prudish, I should like to observe that it seems to me that your magazine has, by degrees, become one for those who, having had the education of a gentleman, know how to think, speak and write correctly, but can't be fucking arsed.

Rolf Norfolk

Birmingham