Come into My Pond, Mr Bond

  I have no doubt children believe in James Bond as well as Father Christmas and who can blame them when the head of MI6 referenced Bond and Q in a recent speech.

Picking Plums

You are seeing the choir of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, at home.

Boris is Daz

R: “How are you feeling?” Me: “A bit ropey”. We had this exchange over the breakfast table for the last two mornings. I’d had two lunches.

The Servant

There are so many niceties if you move in royal circles. The Duke of York has “stepped back”; Michael Fawcett has “stepped down”. It sounds as if they are Scottish dancing at Balmoral.

Cinemanship

Stephen Potter knew he was onto a good thing when he wrote Gamesmanship in 1947; Lifemanship, One-Upmanship, Supermanship, Christmas-ship and Golf-Gamesmanship soon followed.

65 Years On

I would very much like to see the 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days in a cinema with a big screen.