6 APRIL 1991, Page 24

Sir: I mistrust Mr Forbes's professions of classlessness, expressed in

his dislike of the words 'pudding' and goo' etc. . . I sense in his rather fastidious prose style, and name dropping (Duke of Beaufort, Taki), a deeper, hidden snobbery. I wonder when he last slept between nylon sheets?

R. F. Newbury

87 Larkhall Rise, London SW4