Thanks Griffyn. Hope you’re well.

I was in a pretty remote part of Australia, during the UK summer, and the call was made that there would be time enough for arrangements to be made when I returned. There was nothing I could do from there and it was intended kindly. In my 25 leadership years (up until Covid ) I had maybe 3 deaths.

Maybe it’s an indicator of how things have changed, but many years ago when I was a HOD, a programme leader did unexpectedly die while I was on holiday. They didn’t interrupt me but my boss found out my flight number and called me the minute I touched down at Gatwick. Classy I thought.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have a great version on standby for when, you know, it rains.

Great idea for a comedy. Pitch it to Netflix immediately.

Well… Are you Martin Herbert?

Haunting and powerful image. With the pose she strikes and the way she disappears into the wall of shields, almost like a piece of modern dance. hope she was treated well and released.

Tired is the wrong word. Mildly irritated that the likes of Icke and Van Hove are getting away with using them in exactly the same ways that companies like Red Shift, Shadow syndicate, and DV8 were using more cumbersome video kit in the late 80s in Edinburgh and on the small scale
Circuit.