Vic Allen writes... Here, John, for your delectation and in recompense for your many services are two jpg's from the oodles of doodles that I do while navigating high-level business conversations on the phone. Please note that these have not been selected on merit, but are two items that have been alotropically preserved: in the case of 'plugbum' by my perfidious wife;  and in the case of 'postprandialfish' by my conscience (which worries about the eleemosynary aspect of our commercial relationship). Please note that, as a vindication of prevailing art praxis, these drawings are full of content but devoid of meaning; no more than the chaff from the daily mill. Which, even so, is better than the meal from the Daily Mail. I shall ring you shortly about your mission for this month... and if you're nice to me, I promise never to call you shortly again. V XX