a genuinely investigative journalist But he's not an investigative journalist. Just writes the odd column on something he doesn't know too much about. Like quite a few more people in that respect.

Here's the YouTube of the song in question. First time I've heard it.

Miss Jean Brodie put it very well when she said "For those who like that kind of thing, that is the kind of thing that they like." Pleasant enough, but... I missed him at Broadstairs - with all the fuss I was wondering if I should have gone along with my season ticket. I can't remember what I did go tom instead went to, but I think I probably made the right choice.

I wonder whether, if David Beckham were nominated for an award as Best Cricketer of the year, would Colin Irwin's opposite number in the Sports Guardian describe people who commented adversely on that as "cricket police"?