From http://www.humphreylyttelton.com

Humphrey Lyttelton 1921 - 2008

Humph died peacefully with his family and friends around him on April 25th at 7.00pm following surgery.

We would like to thank everyone for their support and express our deep gratitude to the staff of Barnet General for the care that they gave Humph.

A Small Selection of Articles and Obituaries

BBC Article
BBC Obituary
BBC “Have Your Say” page
Chortle

I feel honoured and privileged to have been able to see him three times in the last 3 years, and the fact that tickets were near-impossible to get was testament to his brilliance.

I’m not ashamed to say I shed a tear when I heard this morning, especially when I read the tributes on the BBC

RIP, old friend.

PS - from the BBC page: You can hear a classic edition of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 27 April at 1200 BST. There will also be a special programme in tribute to Humphrey Lyttleton on Wednesday 30 April at 0900 BST.

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From BBC News 

A foul smell detected in parts of England and Wales is being blamed on easterly winds bringing farming or industrial smells across the Channel.

Labelled “Euro-whiff” by the Met Office, the source of the smell - alternately described as sulphur and manure - is under investigation.

“Basically, over the last few days, we’ve had fresh, strong winds from an easterly direction,” said Miss Holland. “As a result some of our air is coming from continental Europe.”

And we want to be a closer part of Europe?!

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In one week - part one:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/cc_charge_tsunami/

A Kent tradesman who ill-advisedly decided to pay the London congestion charge online was buried by a 3,000-receipt tsunami for his trouble, the BBC reports.

TfL explaimed in a statement: “This is clearly an unacceptable error. Our service provider, Capita, have identified the fault and put in additional controls to ensure it does not happen in future.”

Part two:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7319293.stm

Documents containing payroll information relating to 182 NHS staff members have been have been found dumped in a street.

They contained information, including addresses, bank account and National Insurance details, from five trusts in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Police were informed and collected the documents after they had been found in a street in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The documents had been in the care of company Capita when they were lost.

Capita handles many major contracts for local government and public bodies. Does that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?!

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Today’s comedy moment is brought to you compliments of the baaa website:

Terminal 5 opens for business (and pleasure) at 04:00 on 27.03.08. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners around people, not just planes, it’s going to make flying in and out of London as easy and enjoyable as it should be. New technology and direct transport links will make your journey simpler and faster. We’ve created shopping and eating that’s inviting, not intrusive. And with construction finished a new era for world travel can begin. Queuing, walking and waiting have made room for light, space and time - to relax, take in the views and rediscover the joy of flying.

You couldn’t make that shit up! And now, back to reality…

Flights from Heathrow’s new £4.3bn Terminal 5 are departing with hand baggage only after luggage check-in was suspended due to a processing backlog.

British Airways, which has sole use of T5, announced check-in of all hold luggage was suspended until Friday.

The airline has already cancelled 34 flights because of baggage problems and passengers have had to wait up to four hours to reclaim their luggage.

I feel sorry for the passengers involved, but this really sums up everything about the UK these days. What a worldwide embarrassment.

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I managed to get an interview with Mark Chaffer, of the highly acclaimed http://www.chaffagraffix.co.uk/

NOTE: Unfortunately, the site appears to have gone offline after all the interest.

Mirror of http://www.chaffagraffix.co.uk/

Sadly, my USB mic froze a moment after starting recording, so some of the first minute is missing.
However, Mark goes on to explain how he uses his skills to make the animations, and also explains about his new website, http://www.chafferweaver.co.uk/

Sadly, I didn’t get time to ask him about his photography, but those are certainly some… awesome …pictures of Reading there.

Certainly makes for a great CV, though…

The interview:

digg it

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