Well, I could, Tim; but it is not quite an analogy, you know. If we all ignored threads, there would be none. But whether you take any interest in the forthcoming nuptials or not, they will still happen ~~ and will moreover remain 'News' whether you like it or not. But it is entirely hyperbolical to say that they are driving all other matters of any importance 'off the agenda' ~~ there is a lot in my Times this morning about them; but a lot about all the other things that are happening as well, all of which some will find more important and interesting than others. I haven't, for instance, turned to the sports pages yet; but I am sure that when I do I shall find a full report of last night's humiliation at football of England by France, which won't even mention inter-alia that Wills is going to marry Kate. So that. when you say you could 'switch off the radio, the tv, the internet', you are talking nonsense ~ all you need do is change channels. Didn't you think of that?

~M~