I was staying with a hospital consultant and his attorney wife in the East Bay just outside San Francisco. I'd driven overnight from Los Angeles after a flight from London; I was jetlagged, sleep-deprived and facing a deadline to write an article for the Spectator about, of all things, Bach cantatas.

Justin Welby's first act should be to reform his public affairs office. He could start by taking the radical step of instructing it to tell the truth. It's a risk, but one that a Church, of all institutions, ought to be prepared to take. Or he could go down the Scientology route and watch his colleagues' lies unravel. Your call, Archbishop.

Most recently, he worked for Al Jazeera, as the presenter of Frost Over the World.

However, the same broker has knocked distribution company Bunzl 1.7pc by lowering its recommendation to "neutral", citing the recent strong performance from its shares.

If theres one man wholl never have a bad word to say about Britains Got Talent, it is Cowell. With The X Factor sliding in the ratings and his first foray into cookery contests, Food Glorious Food!, flopping like a first-time soufflé, this is now his only ratings banker.