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^ Elias is definitely not fringes of fame. When did Harley Loco come out? Something like 2014. I recall a bunch of folk heavily promoting the book my way at the time, so I knew of Elias as a writer long before cancer.

Oh, why not let's not stir up memories of that unfortunateness from January and wait for the referee's decision?

More from Flair: Ric Flair staying on the wagon is not I bet I'd ever make, even now.

Finally out of the relegation zone!

I don't think Gove should resign his seat for saying idiotic or stupid things either.

^ re Moss. Didn't OoO say he was going rapidly downhill, frailty wise?

2 months off the 50 anniversary of Just A Minute. Given they celebrated the 45th anniversary in 2012 as the BBC didn't think Parsons would be around for the 50th.

A regular Joe only known for failing to do his job properly, if you think about it. Not DL worthy in the slightest imo!

Ah, a royal club sandwich.

Philip at 1, Queenie at 50. Royal sandwich!

Hugh Kearney, a notable British historian, died on the 1st October aged 93. Guardian got round to an obit yesterday. His daughter is Martha, the BBC journo.

Well if he gets a QO I will certainly go "D'oh".

Good to see you back Drol and hopefully on the mend.

Good luck to them.

He's 93, with Parkinsons. You know, that degenerative disease which, among many other things, effects the brain and cognitive reasoning? It's as if he shouldn't be judged by the same standards as a 50 something movie mogul or something... And you know, I have sod all tolerance for actual sexual predators, but as it stands, this comes across as a complete non-story.

Presumably yes, though there's no rule saying they have to keep a minimum number from the previous year either. I don't see Gay Bryne returning even if he's the 1 in 49/50...

Well I only come here for the music and TV recommendations. It's a great shock to learn the rest of you deadpool...

Err, any excuse for me to post it. She's a highly underrated comic performer this side of the pond, imo.

Any excuse to post

Oh go on then, just a bit of fun, as Peter Snow used to say. DROP (in order from hardest to easiest) 1. Desmond Tutu 2. Ian St John 3. Honor Blackman 4. Hosni Mubarak 5. Sandy Gall 6. Gay Bryne 7. Pierre Cardin 8. David Prowse 9. Bob Barker KEEP 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Vera Lynn 3. Billy Graham 4. Lord Carrington 5. Prince Philip 6. Denis Norden 7. Stan L 8. Olivia de Havilland 9. Herman Wouk 10. Bob Dole 11. Leah Bracknell 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Leslie Philips 14. Robert Mugabe 15. Javier Perez de Cuellar 16. King Michael of Romania 17. Betty White 18. Nobby Stiles 19. Queen Elizabeth II 20. Jill Gascoine 21. Doug Ellis 22. George Bush Sr 23. Pope Bendict XVI 24. Akihito 25. Valerie Harper RETURNEES 26. Stephen Hawking 27. Jacques Chirac 28. Jimmy Greaves 29. Henry Kissinger 30. Doris Day 31. Clive James 32. Aretha Franklin 33. Angela Lansbury 34. Sean Connery NEWCOMERS 35. John McCain 36. John Hume 37. Tessa Jowell 38. Johnny Hallyday 39. Ginger Baker 40. Fernando Ricksen 41. Charlotte Rae 42. Franco Zefferelli 43. Gorbachev 44. David Attenborough 45. Charles Manson 46. Eva Marie Saint 47. Barbara Bush 48. Sidney Poitier 49. Sir Roger Bannister 50. Gene Hackman

One for Sean's (very long) political frailty longlist rather than jumping right into the starting line ups, but whilst she still looks and sounds amazingly good for her age, Betty Boothroyd apparently admitted earlier in the year to having had some "health setbacks" and has been getting "treated for cardiac ailments".

The black marketeer in Dalek Invasion of Earth... before he gets killed by a terrible special effect. Retired from acting to become an artist iirc.

In which conversation?

"We have his DNA, his body, his mum has identified the corpse, and so has his local priest." "I am his successor, I am not announcing his death." "But you succeeded him!" "Don't care. Not announcing it." "Why?" "Simple. I'm not letting those infidels get that far ahead of me in the Derby Dead Pool, for shame!"