What I've learnt this week (written in advance to make sure it's on time edition)

Amanda Vickery was once told she was too old to present television programmes.

This year is the 500th anniversary of the first documented Christmas tree (in Riga).

Being in a largely abandoned office building can be a bit spooky. But the upper floors give you a good vantage point for pretty winter sunrises.

Both Tony Hancock and I were demoted in our school nativity plays. Of all the things I could have in common with him, that's one of the least bad ones.