I have written a lot about the esoteric aspects of Sinterklaas. None of that has been published yet, apart from a few words in this blog last year. I rewrite parts of the story every now and then, but it is still far from finished. Every now then I realise how foolish it is to spend so much time on far less interesting projects in stead of finishing the better projects that I have started, but I cannot help myself. It seems that my goal in life is to waste as much time as possible.

Sky News presenter Emma Crosby is to replace Fiona Phillips on GMTV's sofa early in the new year.

Top of the Pops returns to the BBC for two shows over Christmas, despite earlier promises it would stay off the airwaves.

Stars of Strictly Come Dancing give their backing to ex-contestant John Sergeant.

Guns N' Roses' are to preview their new album online tomorrow (November 20).

More footage of a new Britney Spears TV documentary has appeared online, and the new clips feature interviews with Spears in which she admits regrets marrying Kevin Federline.

Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to research by Ofcom.

Nearly 3,000 scripts from Alistair Cooke's BBC radio show Letters From America are to be placed in a public electronic archive.