Starstruck!!

So late Monday night I was on the radio, doing my professional foreigner bit and talking about why London is so much cooler than Paris. While this is easier than trying to have an opinion about CCTV cameras, it was actually trickier than you might think, because for once everyone seemed to be in agreement. French people were actually ringing in to say they thought it was true. This was very unnerving and naturally set off a little radio phone-in in my own head, along the lines of 'If London's so cool, whaddya doing here?' which was very distracting, and caused me to completely fluff my last two comments. Most unsatisfactory. I think I told people to visit Shoreditch. A few more minutes and I'd have been recommending heading off to the lock-in at "The Joiners Arms" (saved by the bell!) But I digress. The evening was saved by the charming (and HOT!) presenter (see pic), the lovely production team (also HOT!) and my fellow guest, a delightful French lady who is also a radio pro. I was even a teensy bit starstruck - I know you all think of Rhino75 as a hardened old *showbiz* ham, but I'm usually the one asking the questions - this was the first time I've been interviewed by someone I'm more used to watching on telly myself. At least I didn't ask for anyone's autograph. No, honestly, it was great fun, but I was (pleasantly) surprised that everyone thought London was so great. Oooh, and even managed to snaffle a top restaurant tip for my forthcoming London-Brighton trip. One of the people who phoned in was a French chef called Morgan Meunier, who has a restaurant in Islington, which I am definitely planning to try out. Bon appetit to me!