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She'd be horrified if she knew I'd typed that!! My mum and dad have been married over 50 years!! And Jeffrey Archer is certainly not her type that way!

@Bentrovato Just reviewed that comment and have no idea why it said one night stand!!

Thanks. I think he must be one of my mums rare indulgences in low brow trashy novels because she's normally very different in her choice of books. Catherine Cookson, Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve being more of her standard favourites. Her only deviation as far as I can recall is a couple of raunchy Jilly Cooper novels!

You seem a connoisseur of literature though so do you like his novels and rate them highly? Quite a few of my elderly relatives including my mother who normally only reads female authors , Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Paula Daly, Nancy Revell, Lynn Andrews etc , absolutely devour his books and rave about how good they are!

I have a few pages in a notepad with names written down of people I may forget come December if not committed to paper as a memory prompt! I check them against the current Derby Dead Pool and in some cases I am genuinely surprised and from a deadpooling point of view delighted at certain names which have not previous been picked. Decent names that look likely to stand a good chance of being unique picks if chosen by me. Oh I have higher expectations than catching a worm -I tend to look and go for things much bigger than that!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/16438518/sean-penn-61-splits-wife-leila-george-29-divorce/ American actor Sean Penn to divorce his third wife actress Leila George.

Sounds like you've already started making your longlists for next year and good progress is being made!

Indeed but arguably still worth noting.

I would have succumbed if he'd tried that with me! I bet part of her took it as a massive compliment.

I think the number of people selecting Michael in all of the deadpools but especially the DDP will increase quite notably next year after this announcement which strangely for a man his age still seems like a bolt out of the blue.

A wonderful sensitive post. Hope your back to full strength and health soon. My best to you.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10097451/Dame-Mary-Berry-86-waited-three-half-hours-ambulance-breaking-hip.html Mary Berry reveals she broke her hip earlier this year after a fall in her garden.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10095581/The-Queen-95-ordered-quit-drinking-royal-doctors-family-friend-claims-Vanity-Fair.html According to media reports the Queen has been advised to stop drinking alcohol by her doctors.

Desperately sad and terrible news.

Whatever ones politics it's a very very grim day when an elected politician is violently attacked with murderous intent /killed doing their job . Desperation sad for their loved ones and dangerous for our democracy. I really hope David pulls through but I fear the worst.