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Great Britain and Widnes rugby league legend Vince 'Wild Bull of the Pampas' Karalius has died. I can see him now, roaming free on the endless fertile lowland plains of northern Cheshire.

Kathy Staff aka Nora Batty has died. Announced on the radio, no link yet.

How would you feel if you'd spent ten months rowing across the Pacific, only to wave the white flag* 60 miles from the finish? * Well, he is Italian.

Dunn & Co. (slight return) Edit: just watched it. Superb, as ever. The BBC's wiping of tapes really was a terrible act of cultural vandalism.

Lewis is to receive the Hersholt Award, or 'humanitarian Oscar'. I wonder if they'll get a crippled faggot to present it.

He's a walking shambling Tysonesque car crash waiting to happen, the American Gazza/Besty. It'd be a brave pick, though. This is how it's done, Monty.

Or Sexy Plant to his mates.

Sale begins. Pick 'n' mix 1p a bag.

For those about to yacht rock, we salute you. Smoooth.

As someone who's never seen Bagpuss it seems amazing how much impact a show with only 13 episodes had on so many Brits. Someone gave their kid the middle name of 'Emily' because of the girl on the show. Who is apparently not married, Phantom, if you fancy throwing your hat into that particular ring. I hear she's Firmin all the right places. Oh? I'd heard she was saggy, baggy and a bit loose at the seams.

Although virtually unknown in life, Alexandros Grigoropoulos's death was arguably more significant than that of an old, famous actor.

Mad About the Boy? Man About the Big House? Beehatch? Er, Porridge?

I agree. David van Day, everyone's well aware that Hand Held in Black & White was the Good Vibrations of the 80s, but it's time to stop clinging on to that legend status, pull your finger out of your… Oh, enough already.

'Up to' 33 years. How very sad.

Are you saying you had a hand in their success?

Were Mars Bars invented all that time ago then? Ask Marianne Faithfull.

Nothing helps one get through a chilly December evening quite like a glass of port. Except a bottle of port.

Good work, Inspector Alphonsin. To no-one's great surprise, the mother done it. Haven't heard much about Maddy recently.

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Bill begins his new shat show, Raw Nerve, today. Shame it's not on in the UK.