Before there were Wallace and Gromit, there was Morph, who originally appeared on an art programme for children presented by Tony Hart, who died last week, and who has also appeared in other programmes. I never learned to draw anything, but I very much enjoyed Hart’s art programmes as a child.
Last week John Mortimer, one of my favourite writers and a famous QC, also died. He was something of a character – the kind of rebel-within-the-establishment that the British produce from time to time and which make the world a cheerful place.