There was an obit yesterday for the "inventor of the frozen burrito". He looked very pleased with himself in the picture.

Good for Terry - but to be fair, that was obvious to all of us!

During a hot summer holiday it was much more bearable. Families could purchase a pass from the bursar. It could even become a bit crowded on a sweltering day; I remember my mum diving to the bottom of the deep end and surfacing with the Head of the Science Sixth (Terry W) sitting on her head.

Good God. Sometimes I miss my old Nokia. Also my Mac Classic II, with its occasional recalcitrance and its big plastic Y-fronts. Most salacious communication I ever got from that was a "Happy Mac" icon (phwoar).

Recommend Jonathan Daube's _Educator Most Extraordinary: The Life and Achievements of Harry Rée_ and _A Schoolmaster's War_, writings by HR edited by his son Jonathan (regular LRB contributor). Both part of my small expat library of Watford/WBGS-related volumes! An extraordinary man indeed.

Ah, of course. He did - albeit a bit slighter in build! I'd forgotten about the 2CV!

Trying to work out who that would have been. Any chance of initials? ;) I had Dr Diane Kermack and the late, great Dave Evans. Biology was the best of the three for me, too. Great teachers.

I lick the spoon, though.

Bolero, me.

How proud he must have been of you. Thinking of you today.

I agree with you, but I've seen it done. It's a thing. At the other end of the madness scale are those who wash, rinse clean, and pop the now-spotless plate straight into the dishwasher.

But don’t say we have to grieve Charlie Kirk. No one HAS to do that. Hate that he was murdered, sure. Condemn entirely the violent direction of US political discourse, yes. But grieve that guy? THAT guy? No way.

Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered. Charlie Kirk was a dangerous and repulsive bigot. Both of these things can be true.

Charlie Chaplin could have heard Anarchy in the UK.

I remember his tweeted appreciation:

So atmospheric. Logopolis has many of my favourite Adric moments, with him questioning the Doctor and reacting to revelation after revelation as that sepulchral atmosphere builds in the first two eps. You took this 8 yo right along with you. As for Castrovalva: "Me! I'm the trap..." Marvellous.

Condolences, and thanks for your huge contribution to the season that blew my 8-year-old mind.