The backups worked

Bill Bryson was right. The “London, England” effect is everywhere in the US; the media dumbs down everything to an absurd degree, hence “London, England” – as opposed to London, where exactly? To be fair there are plenty of other Londons, but I think it's pretty unambiguous in a story…

30th July will be the last episode, reports the BBC. Well I can't pretend that I've seen it recently or even that when I last saw it, the top 20 was really anything special, but a little part of me is sad.

Think again.