Catching the editor of this newspaper discussing the changing nature of journalism on the BBC's Newsnight this week set me reflecting on this jazz series and how invaluable the stimulation from readers has been.
Batting those long false eyelashes, she looked at the ceiling and murmured, "Mmmm... suppose you ask Captain Video... mmmm... how does it feel to play opposite... Mae West!" She had caught the editor's angle, as I had not: send an innocent to the symbol of sin.
What seemed to catch the French editor and his staff off guard on Monday was the speed with which the event began, became a national story online and was resolved: all in the course of an afternoon and just in time for the evening news.
This caught the City Editor's ear and he said, "What was your old business?" The reply came back, "Newspaper work".
I stopped in a couple of times at TheTimesCenter, and caught the Dealbook editor at large Andrew Ross Sorkin's interview with the Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein, as well as a session with the economist and columnist Paul Krugman.
To catch the eye of an editor in one of these markets, Murcott feels, "you got to stand out".
For example, their students know what topics are likely to catch the ear of an editor, so graduates feel that they have an advantage in sending out queries.
Their talents had to catch the attention of white editors and publishers who introduced the work to the mainstream in books or literary magazines.
As a result, many of their reprints have not been reviewed, and all their new books have to have expensive and unprofitable tiny hardback editions, just to catch the eye of literary editors.
Because every show contained outfits designed to thrill, shock – and catch the eye of picture editors – many people never realised that much of McQueen's work was, quite simply, heart-stoppingly gorgeous: exquisite tailoring, beautifully sculpted dresses and glorious print.
