Spent a half hour today wandering around the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. I haven't visited some parts of it for many years. How things change! This is the recently named Stuart Hall Building which is completely new to me. Stuart was Professor of Sociology at the OU and one of the most original and influential thinkers of his generation. I had the great good fortune to work with him on many TV programmes, including the one which won me the large bottle of champaign which first caused my (now) wife to notice me in the BBC bar ...