I was sad and shocked to hear that Jack Pickard had died suddenly at the weekend. His online postings as a whole were the most insightful and somehow fair of any I read. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Sometimes a grumpy old man, at others middle-aged but not past it yet. My blog title is a quote from a 1970s Doctor Who story - and, by the way, there is no pause before "probably"! That's the genius of Tom Baker's timing.