Get-together

To think it was only seven years ago. When James Purnell was Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport; when Alan Davey was Director of Culture within the DCMS; Paddy Feeny (not the Top-of-The-Form/World Service sport one) was Director of Communication; and when Jon Zeff was Director of Broadcasting.

Jim's now Director of Strategy and Digital at the BBC; Alan Davey will soon arrive as Controller Radio 3; and Jon Zeff is Director of the BBC Trust. Missing out on a reunion in W1 is Paddy Feeny, Alan's partner. He was Head of Communication at BBC News from September 2012 til December 2013. He's one of the dramatis personae in the Pollard Report, helping to re-write Peter Rippon's blogpost about the decision not to run a report into Jimmy Savile on Newsnight. Paddy now works for Christie's.