The Avenger is a favourite of mine. Tony Haig-Thomas’s machine is a gorgeous beast. Saw it up close and personal at Rougham in the rain a couple of years ago. Can’t believe they go for what, in aircraft terms, is small change… Wish I’d bought two of them instead of our new house!

I thought that this silence was pure political gesturing. It spoke of the mass hysteria over Diana, the little piles of plastic-wrapped dying flowers at the roadside. It seems so synthetic – being seen to grieve, rather than just getting on with it.

Must say I agree Moggy – that slimebucket Blair sees the PR opportunity in everything. We, as a nation (talking about Britain here) have become obsessed with mass mourning, ever since the sex-crazed Princess died. My partner and I donated £50 to the tsunami appeal, and would prefer to reflect on the tragedy in our own time and in our own way, not just because Blair tells us to.

Compare comedy from the 70s with what we have today. Great stuff like Fawlty, Rising Damp, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em, Porridge and The Good Life. Compare that to drivel like My Family, My Hero and that crap PC muck with Jasper Carrott and the handicapped Asian lad.

Fawlty Towers was just several French farces rewritten for a British audience; not taking anything away from him since that was his own admission. Nowadays I look at them and wince…

WHAT!!! Fawlty Towers is STILL the definitive sitcom. A perfect example of scriptwriting, comedic acting and timing. All twelve episodes have stood the test of time amazingly well. Its still laugh-out-loud funny – unlike 99% of modern sitcoms.

Bill Nicholson and Emlyn Hughes

Presumably for the same reason we’re not allowed to use them on petrol forecourts – they’re believed to be capable of sparking.

Caledonian Slepper to Aberdeen

Is she a Scotswoman of questionable moral repute?