Around the world in 24 hours

I know the earth is round because over the weekend I had to appear on several TV and radio shows at the strangest hours. First was an interview with a radio show in Texas in the early afternoon, which was actually for their morning programme. I was then linked to the East coast of the US for a lunch-time phone in, quickly followed by a late afternoon radio show in South Africa. Later that evening, I joined James Whale on TalkSport, but not before conducting a radio interview in the studio next door which was broadcast directly to Sydney, Australia, on their breakfast show. I dashed down to Cambridge for the Easter weekend, but had to return late on Sunday to appear on Kerri-Anne's Morning show on Channel 9 Australia, midnight our time, breakfast Easter Monday for them. Cricket is not the only thing they're ahead of us in.

The two weeks after a book is published is always mad, but this one seems to have been particularly crazy. The irony is that the momentum suddenly dies and you're yesterday's news - or the day before yesterday if it's Australia.