Celebrity Mastermind

Hats off, chapeaux and congratulations to Stuart Maconie on his Celebrity Mastermind win. And thanks for giving me a chance to have a go at my own specialist subject. The result was Maconie 14 Green 10 as we battled it out on C20th British Poets and Poetry. Maybe I should have thought more before steaming in with Edward Thomas when it was Wilfred Owen and I couldn't quite call to mind the name of James Kirkup even though he's featured on these very pages but that's excuses, excuses and there was no way I was going to get 14.
However, it was good to get a set of questions in which the first two answers were Philip Larkin and Thom Gunn.
But now we know. I try to average 8 on a Mastermind General Knowledge round and often do (though several more on a celebrity edition) and having had a go at my specialist subject and scored 10, that makes 18 which wouldn't get you beyond third place at the very best in most heats. So I don't think I'll be applying for a place on there, thank you very much.