Gordon in the morning: Reliable

It's easy to poke holes in Gordon's approach - it's almost too easy. In fact, it is too easy, and most mornings this post is written by one of the cats.

But to be fair to Gordon, he does have some positive qualities, and one of those is a fierce loyalty to those who show him kindness.

So it is that, tucked between guff about Cheryl Cole quitting the US X Factor and Angelina Jolie being thin, Smart finds himself recommending his readers pop down to the National Theatre to see an English adaptation of an 18th Century Italian Commedia dell'arte work.

Because it's got James Corden in it.