None needed! I didn’t make much of a thing of it when I went (keeping the whole operation shrouded in secrecy, etc) but my reign of blighting inboxes is over…

Haha. Not me, I’m afraid. I handed in my badge at PB late last year. But I’m probably owed some residual scorn for previous horrors - so I’ll take it…

If he doesn’t, it’s not for lack of trying… www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...

Good news is that it still seems to be prominent locally

I’ve heard him talk about it in various places. A summary of one podcast interview he gave is here pagesix.com/2017/03/02/r... I think some of the specifics are discussed in this New Yorker profile. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

Ryan Murphy talks about the problems he faced with his first series Popular. Execs making him tone down dialogue, cutting a fur coat from a costume because fur coats were “code for gay” - only wanting gay characters to be tragic (suffering illness or torment, etc)

I seem to remember Patrick Stewart telling a story about his time teaching at Santa Cruz, where Tom Lehrer also taught a module in American Musical Theatre. One Friday they all put on a lunchtime production of Guys And Dolls with Stewart in one of the leads and Lehrer playing. Imagine catching that.

It’s surprisingly easy to do.

Marcy, no! Everything She Wants. Ray Of Sunshine. Club Tropicana. Bad Boys. They barely had a duff track.

Have a stellar day, pal. Will raise a glass a little later to your health, ascent and future global dominance x

It’s a lovely show, that. The episode where she returns to Tobermory is very sweet.

His ability to alienate all sorts of audiences - truly a gift.

Absolutely excruciating individual.

Oh gosh! So glad to have helped. Hoping it’s the first of many more to come…