Here's a nice snapshot of a town in Turkey, famous for mostly for its position on a particular river and its oil-producing nature. Not sure if it's top of the 10-places-to-see-before-you-die tourist list but it has been described with such delightful descriptions as "historical glory", "natural richness" and "magnificent". Actually its position and trade isn't why its at all famous really. It has a funny name: Batman.

But we shouldn't mock, and certainly the novelty factor has grated on the nerves of its mayor, one Hüseyin Kalkan.

Battering around the news today is Russell Brand quitting the BBC and Jonathon Ross being suspended for "prank calling" Andrew Sachs - mostly (only?) famous for playing Manuel in Fawlty Towers. It was so world-shatteringly disastrous that even Gordon Brown felt it necessary to take a few minutes off ruining the planet to pass condemnatory comment.

In case anyone was wondering exactly what was said, given the BBC news at 10 is unsurprisingly not making it too clear – here's Youtube springing to the rescue.

Probably NSFW the Poorhouse supposes, in that all this kerfuffle is going on about it.

Here’s part 1.

Click a bit of "Read more" for part 2 below.