28 NOVEMBER 1998, Page 38

Loose estimate

Sir: I am grateful to Michael Vestey for his kind remarks about the Radio Four pro- gramme, Loose Ends (Arts, 21 November). However, I should record that when his sentence, 'Ned Sherrin's fee might be quite high . . . but, if it is, he is worth it,' was pointed out to Jan Gardhouse, who devised the programme, he smiled and said, 'Wrong on both counts.'

Ned Sherrin

4 Cornwall Mansions, Ashburnham Road, London SW10