Good news is no news.

Top story today is the death of John Profumo. There can't be too many of us to whom that name means anything, but those of us who do remember him will almost certainly do so in connection with the Christine Keeler / Mandy Rice-Davies affair which resulted in his resignation in disgrace from the Government of the day. But it is only now, after his death, that we learn that he devoted the rest of his life to charitable work where he did a tremendous amount of good. How sad that - until now - his good works have been completely ignored by that same media which had had such a field-day with his peccadillos. But then, it's simply a reflection of the fact that we're not interested in public figures unless they are doing something naughty, are we?