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It's nice to see Diana Rigg is lecturing in Oxford as Cameron Mackintosh professor of theatre at St Catherine's. As a Catz student in 1968, I remember what might have been her first lecture among the dreaming spires, when she was a guest of the Oxford Union. The slinky Avenger rose to speak, looked forlorn and admitted she couldn't think of anything to say, whereupon a stout male voice called out: "That's all right, darling. Just stand there."

Barney Trench Brussels