LETTER:Groucho grouch

From Mr Dave Godin

Sir: I am amazed at the amount of column inches you have wasted writing about Julie Burchill and the emotional crises of her superficial coterie. Is any of it of any real interest outside of the Groucho Club? Or do you think that London is the centre of all cultural relevance, and that the infantile squabbles of its more neurotic and unstable inhabitants is "newsworthy" and avidly followed by your readers, many of whom no doubt, have hardly ever heard of any of these silly people? Also, has it occurred to you that many of us might choose to buy the Independent precisely because Julie Burchill doesn't write for it?

Sincerely,

DAVE GODIN

Sheffield