Letter to the editor: Thursday, March 28: Debenhams in Eltham High Street was blaring out announcements about its “offers”.

Hardly welcome especially if others start doing the same.

Is planning permission needed for this?

Saturday, March 30: The Times newspaper has many pages of adverts, some double pages contain only one quarter page of news, and some double spreads are all adverts.

Friday, April 5: Where does one get decent gents’ shoes at a reasonable price? M&S etc all awful, the next stage up cost more than £100.

CHRISTOPHER PETERS, Blackheath