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It was only a couple of days ago that I discovered that film director Stephen Frears had a regular coterie of big breakfast companions in Notting Hill on Friday mornings, including BBC Creative Director Alan Yentob. Today comes news that the conversation will continue at the Marrakech Biennale at the end of February - can they have anything left to say to each other after all these years ?

Also getting the Yentob treatment in Morocco is another film-maker, Julien Temple. Julian lives in Aisholt, Somerset, and is a pillar of the Bridgwater artistic community - as is Alan; both are patrons of Somerset Film.

Alan has what the Daily Mail always describes as a Tudor mansion outside the town.  The floods have brought understandable tensions to the area, with earth works and Dutch mega-pumps being deployed to protect Bridgwater's 36,000 inhabitants - while more rural areas feel the water's simply being diverted in their direction. Mr Temple's address seems to be on higher ground; maybe readers can help with the position of Yentob above mean flood level ?