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One of the finest sights I have seen all year has to be the man I found myself walking alongside last night. White-bearded and clad in (among other things) a red silk robe with a gold flame pattern on the front and some kind of skullcap, he was striding along Millbank using a staff, with a satchel slung around his neck with the handle of something that looked very much like a ceremonial dagger protruding from it (the satchel, not his neck), with a dog at his side on a leash and—to be honest, this is the really impressive part; without it he’d probably have looked as if he was on his way to a Halloween party, at least if he hadn’t been wearing such a severe expression—a black cat on each shoulder. One was draped comfortably while the other sat to attention and occasionally stood and stretched. How the hell do you persuade one cat to sit patiently on your shoulder for the duration of a journey, let alone two? I didn’t like to ask.

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With the vast number of fantasy roleplaying games online, you can find one on pretty much any subject you desire.



Who knew its origins were so exciting?

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Confused Tory MP Philip Davies has called for tomorrow’s cancelled Jonathan Ross show to be replaced with an episode of “Fawlty Towers” as a mark of respect for Andrew Sachs. Davies appears to have seriously misunderstood what has happened. Sachs is resolutely still alive and has not become the Queen Mother.

Also, note how one bumbling bloke saying this translates in the Telegraph to “there are growing calls for the corporation to screen an episode of the classic 1970s comedy series”.