A Paddington hard stare up and coming I think but on previous form this will be months before OFCOM get round to doing anything at all and it will not be enough. No trust of any change at all! And where is Lisa Nandy in all this?

I will always remember that moment when my 4/5 year old daughter realised she could read. It really was a lightbulb moment for us both. Such joy for her! Don’t think she had been without a book since!

I’m with Lewis on this.

Loving the jumper!

But why was “incy wincy spider” the answer shown on the screen?!

In a tin of chocolates!

Looks like the wrappers on a tin of chocolates! Very pretty.

He once served me ice cream in his family cafe in Middlesbrough. He was just beginning to make a bit of a name for himself so mid 70s? Nice bloke.

Indeed. And whatever happened to Benny Santini?

Really? It was packed this afternoon.

I have a vague recollection of cars driving slowly with the notice “please pass - running in” in the rear window. Could be coming back?

It would be a really good idea if the Chancellor reinstated budget purdah & the media respected this!

Every family has an “uncle Terry” somewhere on the family tree.

I continue to be angry & ashamed at the food bank normalisation in UK. My local food bank has a “Reverse Advent Calendar” to provide food for the New Year when more families require help. I use my supermarket points to do this. I appreciate I am in a fortunate position to be able to do this.

What an interesting & thought provoking article! Thank you for sharing.

Wow!