Much like the BBC asking people to search their attics for missing episodes of Hancock or Top Of The Pops, I'm appealing for information regarding early editions of our podcast.

At iTunes, the earliest editions of the podcast I can find are the "One-two cast" from March 2007, and "Word Weekly Podcast 1" from a month later. Both are introduced with the words "welcome to the latest podcast", and Mr Hepworth confirms that there were indeed earlier, less frequent releases. But I can't find them.

Does anyone have copies of these? Or any further information?

Wayne Rooney storms off the pitch to be interviewed by Garth Crooks, while Iker Casillas, fresh from earning a £500,000 bonus for winning the World Cup final, is faced with a reporter who just happens to be his girlfriend, Sara Carbonero.

This is a Berkel Indianina meat slicer, and I want one more than anything else in the world.

Unfortunately, they were made a long time ago in limited numbers, and when they do come up for auction they've very expensive - rusty ones start at around a grand on eBay, and you'd be talking a lot more than that to have the enamel/chrome/stainless steel restored to the kind of condition you see in the picture.

But I'm still convinced that one day - lottery win permitting - I'll own one. Does anyone else hanker after a similarly unlikely product?

The theory, as advanced by Phil Jupitus on Twitter:

The evidence:

We've noticed how the "My Night In With..." section has been been politely hijacked by readers using it to wax lyrical about books they've enjoyed, and while we like it when things don't work in the way we expect and take on a life of their own, we've decided that books deserve their own section.

So we've introduced a new feature, Beach Reads. You'll notice the new option when you create a fresh post, and I've started the ball rolling by writing about a doctor and a parrot.

Go mental.

In the 1930 World Cup Final between Argentina and Uruguay, in the days before teams of FIFA employed scientists to produce an official tournament ball, each nation had a say in ball selection.

In the first half, Argentina played with the ball used in the Argentinian league, and were 2-1 up when the whistle blew. In the second half, the players switched to the standard Uruguayan ball, which was slightly larger and firmer. Uruguay won 4-2.

Over to you.

This isn't the greatest wildlife footage you'll ever see, but it will give you an insight into the state of the Word kitchen. It features our local rodent, the fearless Dizzee Rasquirrel, brazenly stealing food almost from our very mouths. Immediately prior to the footage captured here, Dizzee had unscrewed the top from a jar of peanut butter, and stuffed his chubby little rodent face with its contents.

Remember the clip from the other day featuring Rick K. and the Allnighters' cover of Sharp Dressed Man, and their extraordinary drummer? Well, he's been tracked down. He's Steve Moore, and he's interviewed here about the effect the video's popularity has had on his life in the week since it went viral.

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Mark Ellen just forwarded me this clip, and I thought I'd share. It's the Fab Faux, a New York-based Beatles tribute band, playing the second side of Abbey Road. With no added overdubs.

To give you an idea of the calibre of musician involved, the bass player is Will Lee, who's played with George Benson, Steely Dan, Ringo Starr, James Brown, Cher, Al Green, Billy Joel, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Carl Perkins, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, etc etc. In other words, he knows what he's doing.

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If anyone is still umming and ahhing over whether to buy tickets for The Word's first ever gig, it's time you stopped. As I write, there are just three (THREE!) tickets left, and the ticket agency we're using are celebrating their tenth anniversary by dropping booking fees for the day.

Those details again:
Date: Wednesday 28th April, 2010 at 7:30pm.

Venue: The Lexington, Islington, London. Not only is the venue on the shortlist for Music Week's 'Venue Of the Year Award' for 2010, it is LITERALLY opposite the Word Office. We realise this may be more useful for us than it is of interest to you, but hey, we've got to start somewhere.

Hosts: David Hepworth and Mark Ellen will be compering proceedings. Live. On stage.

DJs: Kate Mossman will be headlining the wheels of steel. There is a chance she'll play both The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Glen Campbell.

The Music: Most importantly, we've got the excellent Pugwash (video below) playing their first ever UK show. They'll be ably supported by Duncan Maitland (who had a track featured on our Now Hear This CD back in March), and High Wycombe-based pop upstarts The Wutars.

Click here to buy tickets.