Fans of Daily Mirror TV critic Jim Shelley had better make the most of his remaining Monday columns. After more than 10 years at the Mirror writing Shelley Vision, Monkey understands he will be leaving the paper. Shelley, shortlisted for critic of the year at this year's Press Awards, was hired by former Mirror editor Piers Morgan to replace Charlie Catchpole in 2001. Shelley created the Tapehead TV column, which ran for seven years in the Guardian's Saturday Guide from 1993, after which he was briefly the Mail on Sunday's TV critic before joining the Mirror. He has also written for the Guardian Guide's Soaphead and World of Lather columns. Monkey can now see that the intro to Shelley's latest column this week works on more than one level: "Doctor Who was back. The country may be in ruins, our future haunted by uncertainty …"
