Bibliogryphon

My approach to this would be to submit a team even if I was losing 12-0 (could happen) just on the off chance that the wind changes at the end of the month

Dame Patricia Routledge is 93 today.

Wow it looks like it is my first hit. If any 99 year olds want to include me in their will I will pick them for next year to give them eternal life

The rules were changed Tony Benn gave up his title Viscount Stanhope, to remain as an MP

I have noticed that the BBC website is not as responsive as it was back in the day and it can take a while to be updated while the other outlets steal a march on them

Same problem with The German episode of Fawlty Towers but John Cleese is very much of the opinion that you should not be writing for the stupidest member of the audience

Many of these sitcoms were essentially written as vehicles for a specific actor. Terry and June is almost the archetype of the suburban British sitcom but relies on the undoubted charisma of the two leads but is not that demanding. The ensemble pieces such as Hi-De-Hi and Allo, Allo probably have more longevity because of the range of characters that are on display. Audrey from TTMB is actually a very unpleasant person but Penelope Keith imbibes her with just enough pathos to keep the audience on her side. With regard to In Sickness & In Health it was Speight not Sulliven and I am sure both Speight and Mitchell were adamant that the racism on display was there to be laughed at not with. The presence of Tony Booth would also support that. Not a fan myself though.

I think they should have a special week where they invite back four players who managed to go the entire week without winning a day and came bottom of the leader board They could call it brown week (and have wood themed daily prizes)

Is there any sports player who has acquired themselves well on House of Games. Its almost as if they are included just to make up the numbers

From the first album I ever owned

Unpleasentness coming from the West

I have now managed to find some replacements (this is getting hard to find for some years) Ruth Bidgood replaced by Joan Langdon Gloria Whelan replaced by Jill Knight Estell Harris replaced by Queen Ratna of Nepal

I had noted Gudrun Ure but missed the others

1922 Joan Langdon/John B Goodenough 1923 Jill Knight/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Stanley Baxter 1927 Leotyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

Thank You @Toast but that has put the cat firmly amongst the pigeons Jackie/Jack Robinson a veteran of the 1948 London Games was a unique hit for @BuffaloPhil but he was also his sixth hit in a fourth category which means he only needs a UK Cabinet Minister to win. However he shares three of his cabinet minister picks with @msc and by both metrics (uniques and total number of hits) Buffalo Phil will claim precedent so there are now three players who can all finish in the same way (one in each category) but the number of picks that will finish the game only increases by two. 1. Vasily Borisov (to) 2. Irene Camber (to) 3. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 4. Roy Hattersley (mc) 5. Douglas Hurd (bp) 6. Nigel Lawson (mc) 7. James Mackay (bp) 8. John Morris (bp) 9. Koji Murofushi (to) 10. Bob Richards (to) 11. Bill Rodgers (bp) 12. Norman Tebbit (bp)

Just been to see Death on the Nile Very difficult to judge as I remember the Peter Ustinov one so vividly. It drags at the beginning but warms up in the second half. Egypt is probably the Star.

Following an episode of Pointless I watched the other week where the players in final failed to win the jackpot with an absolute sitter of a category for me (Hugo Best Novel Award Winning Authors) I decided to research the other categories that were offered First Up: Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize Winners 2000 Howard Jacobson (b.1942) 2001 Jonathan Coe (b.1961) 2002 Michael Frayn (b.1933) 2003 D.B.C. Pierre (b.1961) 2004 Jasper Fforde (b.1961) 2005 Marina Lewycka (b.1946) 2006 Christopher Brookmyre (b.1968) 2008 Will Self (b.1961) 2009 Geoff Dyer (b.1958) 2010 Ian McEwen (b.1948) 2011 Gary Shteyngart (b.1972) 2014 Edward St. Aubyn (b.1960) 2015 Alexander McCall Smith (b.1948) 2016 Paul Murray (b.1975) 2017 Helen Fielding (b.1958) 2018 Nina Stibbe (b.1962) 2020 Matthew Dooley (b.????) 2021 Guy Kennaway (b.????) Michael Frayn and Howard Jacobson are on my radar anyway but barring any severe ill health issues most of the others will not bother us in the near future. One of the more recent winners doesn't even have his own wiki page

Scavenger Hunt miss

Though I did wonder whether you were recognising the recovered fibres from mattresses could be used to produce the fibre insulation that is used to give the thermal comfort in winter clothing.

That is a bit harsh. True anorak stuff would be being able to name all 52 episodes of Blake's 7. Stuff you have to know about for work doesn't really count

The National Bed Federation has developed best practice guidelines for the design of mattresses with end of life in mind. This will also take into account the reclamation of materials from returned products

Bit worried that my next round opponent is the second highest scorer at this point.

I bet they wouldn't let us have our avatars

Neil Coyle has the Labour whip removed over racist comments to journalist of Chinese heritage

I have not watched the cat kicking video and have no wish to do so but on the basis of one social media video the court of public opinion has resulted in an apology, a fine and the loss of sponsorship of the individual and the club. Whereas evidence of wrongdoing with multiple sources by the Prime Minister cannot be judged until almost every person in Britain has written a report about the events