Peter Rhodes on dim meters, product placement at the Trump shooting and the true aim of football
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The current issue of the Oldie magazine features Griff Rhys Jones.
He writes a funny piece about a stalker who tried to persuade him that his comedy partner, the late Mel Smith, was trying to kill him. Which proves that if a writer has a light enough touch, he can get a laugh out of the grimmest subject.