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The plus side to my show being cancelled tonight, small as it was, was I was able to watch this evening’s University Challenge. I’ve only missed one episode in the whole series thus far, yet this didn’t stop me from receiving a couple of messages from people who know I tend to live-tweet it, expressing disappointment in my lack of commentary; perhaps this means I’m providing a service in some way, albeit a useless, frivolous one. Whatever the case may be, it was good to be able to resume my usual duties. As ever, there was plenty to mock; see below for the mocking I offered up: Oxford Brookes Vs. Merton - Oxford (22.01.18). 8:33PM: Oxford Brookes sounds like a war poet. 8:33PM: I've got an average age of thirty-six too. 8:34PM: Jeremy Paxman has two pet guinea-pigs called Come On and No. 8:37PM: Thomas looks like a child dressed as an adult...and he looks like he loves it. 8:39PM: Thomas, son of Herr F...

It felt fitting to spend my final night in Edinburgh staying in to watch University Challenge, particularly when the programme featured heavily in what I might grandiosely call the finale of last year’s show. For those who didn’t see it, it ended with me holding the eighteen-second long top E Bill Withers sings at the end of his hit 'Lovely Day' over a clip from the programme where two teams sat in silence for the same time period, unable to identify an audio clip of the Manic Street Preachers' 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’; you had to be there for it to make sense. Tonight’s episode was a relatively sedate affair, save the fact it featured not one but two turtle-neck sweaters, which are always a treat. As ever, I tweeted along with proceedings; see below for what was said: Oxford Brookes Vs. Courtauld Institute of Art (28.08.17) 8:00PM: ...and cue the social outcasts. 8:01PM: General knowledge...