Italophile Lord Patten is in Siena this weekend, chairing the 21st Pontignano, a conference aimed at improving UK/Italy relations. Other luminaries in attendance: Ed Llewellyn, David Cameron's Chief of Staff (who spookily was Patten's aide in Hong Kong and Chef de Cabinet in the EU Commission); and Jon Snow, of Channel 4 News.
Just last month Chris was in Turin, "the cradle of Italian liberty" lecturing on public service broadcasting and "civic humanism" as part of the Prix Italia week. Can't see the phrase featuring in Lord Hall's discourse on the future of the BBC next week; nor are we likely to hear another of Chris's insights: "Uncomfortable though it may be, constrained funding drives creativity and innovation."
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