I don't remember anyone saying the prime purpose was education, Sledge. I heard the prof himself say he was interested in getting us all to behave a little more naturally around the subject of the dead human body (many of whom in the audience had apparently never encountered one, not even a relative's). He said the response he got was not that of a freakshow audience, but comparable with what he got from his medical students - serious interest, and apprehension about their own reactions.

Just possibly, the show might have been of benefit for anyone who may have to identify a relative from several corpses after a serious catastrophe. But I couldn't care less if no good purpose is served except to boost sales to his separate exhibition. After all, he wouldn't be the first to publicise an exhibition, and I don't see why the law need come into it.

On yesterday's ITV lunchtime news it was put to him that he was a showman and he admitted that entertainment came into it. But he said that was true of lectures too. If they weren't entertaining, he said, students would fall asleep. There are still plenty of lecturers around who need to learn that lesson.