Letter: In Brief

Sir: Michael T Phillips (letter, 18 February) must be very unlucky with his torn copies of The Independent, although he does have a point. Does "bigger and better" really mean that, or are we readers of the broadsheets and quality Sundays merely keeping the paper recyclers in business? However, I think that I must be very lucky indeed, for Richard, my paper-boy will, in all weathers, carefully disassemble the various sections and feed them individually through the letterbox precisely in order to prevent my receiving a torn newspaper.

J J S GOSS

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire