Just random browsing, came across a lengthy and learned essay about Tom Lehrer, and one quote particularly struck me:

Another pervasive change in this country has been the decline of literacy. Admittedly, one always used to hear that a picture was worth a thousand words, but that was before they devalued the word.

Something else to go and look at, if you’ve a yen, and you missed it when it was on the mass media because you were busy with an ALMO meeting or Group AGM: the Lib Dem party election broadcast. Marvel at how familiar the vox pops look.

The group AGM has serious consequences for me: a change of committees, and a lot more responsibility next municipal year. Eeep.