Welcome gentle readers to the world of Lady Kingston.  I should start out by explaining that the title is only a Scottish one and was first made public by a wag standing behind me in the cue for security passes when the witless girl asked for my title.  Endlessly kind, I decided to go with it.

I worked for many years, as much as anyone else there did, at Independent Television News, ITN, perhaps best known for making News at Ten.  It was an extraordinary place to work, not always in a good way, and since leaving I have written a regular page for the ITN 1955 Newsletter – 1955 being the year we were founded.  News being what it is we were exposed on a daily basis to the darker side of life and as a social worker might say, we developed a ‘coping mechanism’ of a very distinct in-house humour which might not be to everybody’s taste.  Probably not for the under 18s either.  The following is worryingly drawn from life:

Distraught reporter ‘I’m going to throw myself off the roof’

1st conscientious colleague ‘Do you need lights, sound, make-up?’

2nd conscientious colleague ‘Any chance  you’ll wait till we’re on air?’

Possibly not your style?  Click away and check out eBay. If it is, get a drink and enjoy the insights into the highly dysfunctional life of Lady K and if you are tempted to write a ‘Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ‘ letter to my editor, remember it is meant to be funny.