I know someone who, in her much younger days, used to go out with Archer's son, and insists he (Archer senior) was a very nice man. I obviously refuse to believe her.
Anyway. I'd go in and say: "Hello Bill, is that really you? I didn't recognise you without the eyepatch."
Eastlondonseagull, I don't understand how you think South Africa would be better off by NOT having the world cup. It's not like Sepp Blatter is going to say: "Actually, sod it. Let's not bother with the world's biggest sporting event this time around... let's donate a load of cash on HIV...
Alistair Darling is Kirsty Young's guest on Desert Island Discs this Sunday. BBC bosses say they've had to cut the programme short, because he's lost two of them
The Tories have appointed several "shadow ministers" for places where, frankly, they need to win seats to stand any chance of getting into government. Alan Duncan is the "shadow minister for Tyneside". Can't remember the others, though.
There is a Government Minster for the South East, Jonathan...
Good on you for trying to defend honest to goodness members of the public transport community from the loathsome oiks of the County Palatine.
I remember when I lived in Preston and went for a night out in Liverpool, catching the last, slow, two-carriage train home at about 11.05. A MASSIVE...
I am a BBC journo nowadays, and I sometimes make minor spelling mistakes when working under pressure. I don't think I'm "bloody thick"
I apologise on behalf of the Director-General, Alan Titchmarsh, Sophie Raworth, and the Blue Peter cat.
Will this latest SCANDAL become known as Harrogategate?
Not so. Orange have actually admitted the problem is with their servers, not my line. They don't know how to fix it, and say the earliest I'm likely to get broadband back from them is Christmas. They say it's affecting "hundreds" of their customers. They're utterly, utterly useless.