5 JULY 2003, Page 63

Q. I've a terrible feeling that Brian Sewell isn't as

posh as he pretends to be. Could you advise me on how I should behave if I meet him?

P.W., St George's Square, London SW1 A. Brian is actually lower-upper-middleclass, but his exhilarating vocal style is no reflection whatsoever of social pretension, merely of his connoisseurship and fastidious intellect, But what an easy mistake to make!