“With me in the studio is a terrorism expert…”

Just wondering: how does one become a terrorism expert? There seem to be an awful lot of them about these days. Is there a training course you can go on for this sort of thing, or will the major news corporations just put anyone at all that they can get at short notice on the telly when required so that their 24 hour news reporting has something to talk about when facts are short on…

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Grim

Most days, I lazily remain in bed while Sally gets up and don’t leave the house until at least 8.30. By the time I’ve got down to the tube and squeezed myself onto a train, that normally puts me in the vicinity of King’s Cross at about ten to nine… This evening Sal and I had planned to meet in town after work for a bit of late night shopping, so despite my tiredness this…

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