Lady Bracknell beckons

Fearful as How Ridiculous is that a tendency to excessiveness is being displayed it must be confessed that HR went to see 'Brokeback Mountain' again yesterday - for the fourth time.

How fitting that as entry was made into the auditorium the dulcet tones of Dame Shirley Bassey could be heard singing 'Jesse'. HR jests not. This track was followed by a live version of 'Somewhere'.

The previous Sunday The Dame had sung 'Everytime we say goodbye', 'You'll never walk alone' and 'I get a kick out of you'.