I woke up today to find my neighbourhood in mourning at the departure of Jose Mourinho as manager of our local soccer club, Chelsea FC. He's been the most admired (and fancied, I suspect) member of the Chelsea set-up. It'll be interesting to watch the team's fortunes without his leadership. I fear the worst but meanwhile enjoy this clip.

And now to the other championship race, the competition to predict the order by sales value of the Pan Macmillan top ten new titles this Autumn. Entries are still coming in on the original posting. The cut-off date for entrants is the end of this month, so get to work and encourage your friends to join in. So far, analysis shows that people are more confident about picking the least likely to succeed than the most likely. Rhett Butler's People just pipped Musicophilia at the bottom of the table. The only other title picked for tenth position was Cristiano Ronaldo's Moments but it was also put in first position by the same number of people. Number one spot is occupied by Borat but seven of the ten titles have also been nominated. The only title which has not been nominated at either number one or number ten is Ronnie Wood which, arguably, is the one most likely to be a runaway success...or not.

What will be Pan Macmillan's Special One?