Things I Have Learned This Week

1. Amid the crises engulfing his Government, Prime Minister David Cameron seemed perhaps a little too grateful to put all that aside on a trip to the home of Wallace & Gromit, Aardman Studios.

2. Out and about yesterday, I began to feel hungry ...

3. Actually, the above wasn't taken in a random high street, but on a trip to a Safari Park. The day's highlight was having my faith restored in meerkats, after those terrible car insurance ads made me feel inclined to stamp viciously on the next one I came across. Of course in reality they don't speak, let alone bang on in an approximation of a Russian accent about people getting confused over website addresses.

This family included three really sweet babies. Obviously in an English summer a sun lamp for them to gather under is essential.

4. Tweet of the week this week comes from the incomparable Michael McKean (of Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Laverne & Shirley etc. fame):

5. Of all the articles and tributes this week after the death of Amy Winehouse, perhaps the most thoughtful and eloquent came from an unlikely source, one Russell Brand. Read it here:

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We Will Rock You

I'm still mystified after all these years by the success of the musical show of this name, but seeing posters for it yesterday made me think about this classic opening to a Cheers episode:



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