Autumn, at last.
The leaves are turning beautiful colours and a chill is in the air. Or it would be if the UK wasn't currently in the grip of a mini heatwave.
Workwise, a noticable slackening-off has occurred this week, which will mean less time spent up to my monocular apparatus in paperwork. Unfortunately, this will entail more time spent at home where I tend to be appreciated less and get shouted at more.
Anyway, taking some holiday might help matters, even if it is merely a chance to stop moving and being talked at for a brief period. A sojourn in Northumbria has been booked, which will yield no interesting location visits. I can't think of anything worth a damn that was filmed at Alnwick Castle, anyway...
But let us not dwell on that, and instead commemorate the conclusion of a Batman viewing, where it would be churlish not to mention in this column the Mad Hatter and his obsession with, erm... hats. So here he is, with what any sane person could only call a Hypno-Hat.
Which is all very fine and dandy, but the finest Season One hat must surely belong to Roddy McDowall in his joyous porttayal of the Bookworm. Never did anyone look so natural sporting a leather-effect hat with a reading-light attachment...
Only one other man could pull off such a feat, and that would be Simon Munnery. Indeed, McDowall's appearance and performance put one very much in mind of what might have happened had Munnery decided upon a career as a super-villain instead of stand-up comedian. (Although some may not appreciate the difference...).
More Munnery hats in the near future, because I've just seen one on the Internet that I am struggling to believe...
