Notable recreations
Michael Atherton: "Is cricket still a recreation?"
Beryl Bainbridge: sleeping
Graham Clarke: collecting toast racks
Anthony Clive Varteg Evans: avoiding dinner parties
Stephen Fry: smoking, drinking, swearing, pressing wild flowers
Glenda Jackson: reading Jane Austen
Thomas Maibaum: memorising the films of Mel Brooks
Andrew Marr: talking
Adam Mars-Jones: baby-sitting
Naomi Mitchison: surviving so far
Terry Pratchett: letting the mind wander
Tim Rice: chickens
Ins and outs
In: Bamber Gascoigne
Out: Paul Gascoigne
In: Jimmy Young
Out: Kirsty Young
In: Edward Fox
Out: Samantha Fox
In: Peter Bowles
Out: Camilla Parker-Bowles
In: Delia Smith
Out: Mel Smith
In: Fenella Fielding
Out: Helen Fielding
Statistics:
New entries: 1313
New entries who are MPs: 327
Total number of train-spotters: 3
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