Sad news this weekend - Humphrey Lyttelton has died. Aside from his amazing Jazz talents, he has kept me laughing for the last many years as host of the legendary antidote to panel games, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.
Thanks Humph for all you did to add an extra bit of happiness to the lives of your vast armies of Radio 4 listeners. Here’s wishing you good luck in your new role chairing the heavenly heats of the Mornington Crescent championships.
Goodbye.
Today on Radio 4 are holding a winter photography competition in honour of the forecast of a snowy weekend. Inspired by that and the various wintery-blog posts appearing around the web, I’m getting excited …
No snow here yet though. One of the fountains at uni leaked overnight creating a sheet of ice all over the AP concourse this morning - does that count? It looked all bright and shiny and pretty anyway.
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue has made a welcome return to Radio Four in the last couple of weeks. From this week’s edition, a rather misleading guide to the Edinburgh Festival from the teams:
- If a bizarrely dressed stranger accosts you with a handful of flyers for a show, it is your duty to carry out a citizen’s arrest.
- Going on to London after the festival? Remember to stock up with banknotes. London cabbies just love them.
- Policemen are addressed as “tit face”.
- Remember when chatting up local ladies to use the old Gaelic word for beauty pronounced “minger”.
- The Big Issue is free.
- At the Tattoo, be sure to bring your own gun.
- Visit our parks: The swans are delicious.
- It’s only a short cab ride out to Edinburgh’s famous Gatwick Airport.
- If taken ill suddenly, please remember all churches have a box marked “for the sick”.
- Late night walking tours of Leith are very popular and the guides are often found standing on street corners.
- Audience participation: When the signets come on in Swan Lake, be the first to join the end of the conga line.