Pongs and pings

Blogging with the door open today, even before breakfast. Warm autumns have to be about the best things going (though warm springs might be more welcome. And mild winters. And a good summer always makes us feel good. As you were). If you have a tan, this is good news for a few more weeks, if you're pale and wan, just hang on a bit, we'll all be joining you soon.

It's checklist time here. Every morning it's the same routine as we all go through variations of the (delete as appropriate) 'laptop/gameskit/notes for guest interview/book club book/homework/oyster card/keys/phone/glasses/special thing for today' list and someone somewhere will forgotten something. Panic not far behind...

Foody Thursday with Nigel cooking a '40 cloves of garlic chicken' which soundsa bit of a challenge. More to the point, Jo Whiley might find the evidence of Nige's work a little overpowering this evening

And how about RADARoldies?Theres aa top TV drama tonight on BBC2 that tells the story of the scientists who developed the UK's radar system in the 1930s starring Eddie Izzard. And we've never done radar before, so radar it is.