Alex Crawford, as Monkey sits bravely at his desk in King's Cross, is somewhere in Tripoli dodging the bullets in the task of bringing news from the ground to Sky News viewers. Where else should an award-winning foreign correspondent be? Not, you'd imagine, in Edinburgh, where Crawford is still due to give an address to the TV festival this Saturday. Still, it's Tuesday, and Monkey gathers Crawford is still slated to give the talk – although with remarkable insight the organisers have concluded "there is a chance that this may not happen due to the ongoing conflict in Libya". Well, what's more important, a telly jamboree or live coverage of a historic battle for a nation? Except, it seems there is talk of a compromise: Crawford may give the talk live via satellite. Frankly, she doesn't have to, but if she did it would be compelling viewing.
