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Sun 21 Apr 80 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 37 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody  34 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Taylor Swift — Love Story  +2 32 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +2 29 La Roux — In For The Kill 24 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind -6 20 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

I had the pleasure of hearing this live, when I went to see John Cooper Clarke and Luke was the supporting act.

I've probably mentioned this before, but performance poet Luke Wright has written a poem about Iain Duncan Smith in which the only vowel used is i.

Maxwell Azzarello, 37 A candidate for the Scrabble thread, methinks.

Sat 20 Apr 79 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 37 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Taylor Swift — Love Story +4 33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 30 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 30 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 27 La Roux — In For The Kill 14 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me -6 11 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold

Men can get breast cancer.

Agreed, my mother had chemotherapy for lymphoma back in the 1990s and she never lost her hair. And just as cancer is not a single disease, so chemotherapy (which simply means treatment with drugs) can involve many different combinations of various drugs. It isn't a 'one size fits all' thing.

Did anyone else see this BBC headline and initially think that Nicola Sturgeon had been charged by the police for being incredibly difficult? Murrell police charge 'incredibly difficult' - Nicola Sturgeon

I've made one last minute change from the submitted team. 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Sven Goran Eriksson 3. Joanne Woodward 4. Frank Caprio 5. José Mujica 6. Shirley Conran 7. Stanley Baxter 8. Jim Lovell 9. Roberta Flack 10. David Attenborough 11. James Whale 12. Sidney Cooke 13. Alain Delon 14. Francoise Hardy 15. Esther Rantzen 16. Liza Minnelli 17. Steve McMichael 18. Nigel Starmer-Smith 19. James Dewey Watson 20. Cindy Birdsong 21. Sly Stone Subs: Noam Chomsky King Charles Dario G

Fri 19 Apr 75 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +4 39 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 34 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 33 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 31 La Roux — In For The Kill 31 Taylor Swift — Love Story 30 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 22 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 22 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 07 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved -6

You don't know if the source was unnamed. Ulitzer didn't say that. He isn't going to identify anyone here for obvious reasons.

I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her.

This reminded me of the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple With a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin candles, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people’s gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickles for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practise a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

You couldn't make it up .... oh wait .....

Again, there's not much here that I like.

Thu 18 Apr 71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +4 37 La Roux — In For The Kill 36 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 35 Adele — Chasing Pavements 35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 32 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 27 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 16 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 10 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 07 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 06 Leona Lewis — Happy 06 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror -6

So do I ! The coins, that is, not the rest. Although I have collected a few bastards in my time.

In Touch is a US celebrity gossip mag, so i would be cautious about their "sources".

For anyone who didn't get the allusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Queensberry_Rules

Wed 17 Apr 67 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +4 35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 33 La Roux — In For The Kill 32 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 31 Adele — Chasing Pavements 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 28 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 16 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 15 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 15 Leona Lewis — Happy 13 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite -1 06 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life -5

. Oh yes! Paris at 2245. I was logged in anyway, I don't know if that would make it easier or harder for them to get in. I don't want to change my password again already.

You as well? Interesting.

I didn't know anything about George Burns except that he was very old and kept going. There used to be a lot of jokes about it, like this Larson cartoon from 1991.

Tue 16 Apr 61 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +4 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 31 Adele — Chasing Pavements 30 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 26 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 10 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 00 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -6

Ah, but I think the "I'm Spartacus" meme is widely recognised, even by those who have never seen the film. It has a life of its own.