Sir – As a regular purchaser of The Oxford Times could I add my howl of protest to the howls of countless others at the exorbitant hike in price from 85p to £1.30, over 52 per cent and totally unjustifiable.
Even if I use the 12-month subscription vouchers the hike is still 34 per cent. Last week’s edition comprised a total of 260 pages of newsprint, most of which I did not read, plus the 10-page broadsheet of the commemorative edition, all weighing in at 1lb 8oz (over 600g).
The Property section alone amounted to 144 pages. (Does revenue from the estate agents justify this, I wonder?) Perhaps next week I should ask my newsagent for just “half a pound of The Oxford Times please”.
Malcolm Hensher, Steeple Aston
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