Perhaps unsurprisingly, my favourite item of my mum's was the plainest outfit she wore: a black crepe wraparound Ossie Clark dress.
This article was amended on 30 September 2013 to correct the venue for the Conservative party conference from Blackpool to Manchester in the seventh item.
I am now relying on the BBC investing in some Chinese government-style expertise to employ internet censors in Broadcasting House who can be relied on to block only any item which might upset the IOC lawyers – leaving me with the pleasure of hearing the racing tips, Vince Cable, and John Humphrys grumbling about any warm weather that accidentally comes to the UK.
After much winking from her bewigged husband, she located the offending item, and in a fit of rage threw it into the audience; it nearly took somebody's eye out.
The number one item on Orbán's destroy list appears to be the western democratic model.
I read a small item in a specialist newsletter I get by email, called Daily Virology News, headlined "Two cases of swine flu in Orange County, California".
The spokesman said the first item on the agenda - on the "implications of Oldham" – would be just among the ministers before insisting: "But it is genuinely not some kind of emergency meeting".
Accompanying the text was a picture of the menu item.
At the bottom, I came upon the other item no self-respecting actor was without back then: a crumpled packet of condoms.
Step three Get rid of your 'just-in-case' items In most cases, any item you've been hanging on to "just in case" can be replaced "in less than 20 minutes for less than £10" – usually in a charity shop, or even for free online.
Interesting that listeners to Radio 4's Today programme, where Hester did his stuff, immediately latched on to a later item about Fabio Capello's John Terry row with the Football Association.
