At Lashkar Gah the other day, they put on a very impressive talent show which they asked me to judge. I told them it would be an honour. And it was. In many ways. It was also utterly surreal as the following video illustrates:

The eventual winners were the naked Marine boyband from 40 Commando. The boyband in question: 'Essence'. Keep an eye out for them.

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