How Would You Know?

Germaine Greer has promised never to return to live in Australia. How sad. It is apparently just too suburban for someone so enlightened - oh and she makes more money in England. She claims, from 10,000 miles away, to know that "most Australians don't know their next-door neighbours or care what becomes of them.".

Put up or Shut up

Apparently, according to the Observer, "some of the BBC's biggest names are considering quitting in protest at the attitude of its acting chairman and the greatest-ever threat to their journalistic independence." Is that a threat or a promise?