I hate the lazy muddling of Moor (= Arabs and Berbers from North Africa) with Greeks (= olive skinned Caucasians), that’s all. And by the way, all the Greeks I’ve known (and I spent three years living there) consider themselves white.

Nope. He was born in Lycia (in modern day Turkey) to a Greek family. Again, not a Moor.

No he wasn’t. St Nicholas came from what is modern-day Turkey. Moors came from North Africa. Not the same thing at all.

HENRY VIII BOOB NOTE POPE NOPE would have been better, surely?

Actually, you’ve got it wrong there. I’m guessing you’ve never been to Saudi Arabia? The people who live in the boonies in Saudi are bedouin, and they are far more laid back and easy going and often non-religious than their town dwelling fellahin countrymen. They are practical and the women have a degree of freedom…

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If you like history / science / humanities podcasts, try the fantastic In Our Time series on BBC Radio 4. They’re weekly programmes of 45 minutes, tackling a topic with 3 or 4 academics / experts and a very good host who knows his stuff, whatever the topic.

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If you’re going to be pedantic, a rabbit is not the size of a hare. Hares are much bigger.

The photo of Carrie staring lovingly up at Harrison was taken at November 1978, while making CBS TV special The Star Wars Holiday. Not on set: filming was in 1976. Their affair was long-over when this photo was taken.

The photo of Carrie staring lovingly up at Harrison was taken at November 1978, while making CBS TV special The Star Wars Holiday. Not on set: filming was in 1976.

Are they fat-fingered?

The writer of Survival, Rona Munro, has written episode 9 of the forthcoming series, ‘The Eaters of Light’. She’s the first writer from Classic Who to write for New Who.

Adele is finishing her tour with two gigs at Wembley in London on 29 June and 1 July.