EDDIE IZZARD GOES WALKABOUT

Spotted on Leicester's High Street this afternoon: comic, actor and marathon runner extraordinaire, Eddie Izzard. He was taking part in a city centre walkabout in support of Labour Party candidates in the General Election, Liz Kendall and Keith Vaz. Many people stopped to talk to him about politics, the general election - and marathons.

In the recent BBC TV adaptation of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, Eddie Izzard's character (Torrence) assumes power by force of arms in a post-apocalyptic Britain - hence the apposite photo above!

The battery had run out on my iPhone, so I couldn't get any photos of the man himself in Leicester. But I must say, he had on the most fabulous blue suit!