Along with many others, I’m a huge fan of Carl Benjamin, a 36-year-old British vlogger from Swindon who publishes material under the pseudonym Sargon of Akkad. You can hopefully appreciate how deeply distressed I was, when it recently came to my attention that he had described me in one of his videos as boring. So I thank Rod for pointing me to the latest SoA piece, This Week in Stupid, in which he retracts this slur (15:45 onwards).

Sargon of Akkad will be attending ICMI16. Pre-register now – only £22.00 – or you might not be attending the event. You can do so here. Pre-registering does not commit you to buying a conference ticket.