John Gibson: Here’s what to do, just truss me
The National Truss has compiled a list of 50 things for our youngsters to do before they reach the age of 12.
The checklist of outdoor challenges includes Set Up a Snail Race (Edinburgh’s trams?), Bury Someone in the Sand (Prime Minister David Cameron?), Check Out the Crazy Creatures in a Rock Pool (Edinburgh’s trams executives?) and Find Your Way With a Map and Compass (inevitably taking us back to the trams network).
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Tip you the wink
Anne Robinson at 67 after two failed marriages and one facelift, an unabashed spendaholic: “I think I’m quite difficult. Quite funny. Probably a bit exhausting. Quite generous. Very generous.” She can afford to be, reputedly with £40 million tucked away. One of the richest links in television.
Afterwords . .
. . . Bill Nighy talking: “I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone. But they persuaded me to do it, to make it look as if I was wild and free and had embraced India.”