the E series of QI is on! julian and i watched one episode and then, because he is good at hoarding episodes and i am not, i got caught up on the rest of the series alone. (although i did make him watch stephen fry do his camp german accent ("wo ist mein handy?") from the second episode.)

have been at julian's for the past two days, learning about brain anatomy off a quiz he was grading (putamen. caudate. cerebral cortex.) and criticising the questions for being written in inexcusable english. (the things scientists get away with! i cried, shaking with suppressed rage, as they say.)

because radio active is on bbc7 this week, i introduced julian to the hee bee gee bees and meaningless songs (in very high voices).

bbc7 announcements: simon brett's foul play is back, a new series of baldi is on, in addition to the usual news quizzes (both the wednesday editions and the current radio 4 series), just a minutes, and the classic comedies.