Oh, and speaking of anniversaries…

Hypocrisy is a wonderful thing. The third leader in today’s Guardian bemoans the curse of what it refers to as “premature anniversitis” (anniversaries being noted in the media at length for weeks around the actual event, as with recent coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Everest ascent). The column goes on to remark that “a little leadership by example is in order”, “anniversaries will continue to be duly and arbitrarily marked – but only on the right days”.

So we can expect The Guardian not to copy the activities of other papers, where “Everest anniversary articles have been appearing everywhere for months; and ‘William at 21’ is already in full flood, even though the happy day is still more than three weeks away…” Oh, so, you mean articles like the one on page 13 of today’s paper, then, about Prince William, on life at St Andrews and, um, turning 21?