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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Tim Dowling

Caption competition: what is John Humphrys saying?

John Humphrys wearing The Slanket of Con
John Humphrys in the Today studio wearing The Slanket of Con. Photograph: Corrie Corfield and Kathy Clugston

Our caption competition picture features Today programme presenter John Humphrys tending to business while wearing what appears to be a leopard skin wizard's cloak. What has he come as?

In fact the garment in question is known as The Slanket of Con: a communal, and by all accounts smelly, polyester slanket given to Radio 4 continuity announcers after they complained about their chilly studios on Twitter. Normally it's confined to a drawer in Broadcasting House, but various presenters and guests have been persuaded to pose in the slanket, including Jo Brand, John Prescott, Tom Hollander, Kirsty Young and Jonathan Dimbleby, and can be seen at http://bit.ly/vRomIQ

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