I was very sad to hear that Tony Wilson had died. There was quite a nice obituary for him in The Independent with a piece from Richard Madeley as well. Richard, Judy and Tony all presented Granada Reports. I was one of the producers. Tony was our best serious interviewer and a very good film maker as well although he always caused us some grief. He particularly liked sitting in the studio with a can of Coke on the desk while the titles rolled waiting for one of us to scream at him to hide it. We always fell for it. Mike Short was the other producer and he is dead too. We all wanted to change the world then, I remember Mike and I doing a Poverty Week on Granada Reports, its a shame we failed hopelessly.
Meanwhile back in the land of a life lived pointlessly, I have made loads of raspberry jam. I spent a good two hours at the pick your own farm in Halberton searching for the little blighters. Raspberries are very good at hiding under leaves but I picked more than 12 pounds and then went on to the strawberries, very fast in comparison. The jam is a success, it set well, looks pretty and tastes good.