I’ve been told by someone who doesn’t like my Times Higher Educational Supplement piece about lettori (see below) that my blog is ‘self-serving’. I’ve no doubt he also has strong opinions about the religious identity of the pope and where bears defecate.
Still, a hit’s a hit!
CHARLES LAMBERT 
Yes, but he’s an arse!
I’m being a glass half full person. I do this without thinking, which makes it first nature, I suppose. But this business isn’t over and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see my glass emptying before it’s over…