21 AUGUST 2004, Page 23

Motorway Magic

From Tom Howard Sir: Olivia Glazebrook (How to make girls cry'. 14 August) has missed the point of Magic FM. Two months ago, stuck in a jam on the M4, singing along with Beverly Craven, I turned my head and saw a woman in the next lane similarly occupied. We caught each other's eye and sang the chorus as a duet: 'Promise me you'll wait for me. . . '. It is the only high point I can recall in any traffic jam 1 have ever been stuck in.

Magic FM succeeds in quelling frustration with John Prescott and his bus lanes — an astonishing achievement, as I'm sure fellow commuters will agree.

Tom Howard

I London SW10