Here’s a list of some other things to talk about if you feel (a) aghast at the prospect of talking about him again and (b) a bit stuck on what else to talk about because he is such a ridiculously huge topic. If you have any suggestions for other topics, please tweet them to me.
Coincidences
Strange encounters with famous people
Definitions of kindness
Dogs in outfits
A stone horse drinking the sea
That the TetraPack cartons with the round plastic nozzles don’t tell you that they should be at the higher end when you pour
What we can hear if we close our eyes
That banana skin is pretty good for you
La La Land
London’s fireplaces
The basket in front of you at the checkout
How prescient it was that Dali’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus featured a Twitter egg
Why my brain has to turn three times for me to verbalise a definition of pragmatism
How great it is to see protests
Whether countries will cease to be location-specific in future
Whether I’ll ever go to space
Types of rain
Which books should be protected from film adaptations
The worst ever film adaptation of a book
The film adaptation that is better than the book
How what seems like the worst architecture eventually comes back into fashion
The four worst dinner party guests
YOUR Desert Island Discs
How to keep house plants alive
The warmest day in the sea in Britain
Things to do on a train
Beard to male population ratio in the U.K.
Percentage of bearded men who have not visited the countryside in the last year (see also 4WDs)
Your shortest journey in a car
Is there too much choice?
The best colour in the world