That must have been a comfort on one level, but I suspect it also sent PB the bleakest, darkest message imaginable - it wasn't a case of "you're being rejected because you're no good", it was "you're being rejected because you're you".

Do we have any evidence that that IS why he decided to commit suicide? I am not sure we do. Not saying I know any better by the way. Just no idea why at all.

Another bus stop story. I went to pick him up at Sheffield Bus Station once when he was singing at the Grapes. No-one else there claimed to be able to recognise him.

How barmy is that?