[Gayle]

Retlaw - I go to the Haworth regularly - at least once a fortnight, so just because you haven't seen me there, doesn't mean I don't go.

I was perhaps hasty in refuting the rumour, because there is a rumour going around. But that's all it is at the moment, a rumour.

As for visitor numbers - they are extremely poor - Garinda, please trust me on this because I do know that the numbers that go do not always justify the place being open. So, yes, some people may come from out of town, some people may visit regularly, but visitor numbers are not good. Local people do not turn out as often as they should for a 'jewel in the crown'.

Bernard, Retlaw - I wouldn't normally be so pedantic about a spelling, but please get the name of the place right - it is the Haworth Art Gallery, not Howarth.