Japanese illusionist Princess Tenko has suffered serious injuries during a botched sword-box stunt, but some magicians have slipped up with even grislier results.

Last night saw a production of Die Meistersinger directed by Wagner's great-grandaughter open to a mixed response - despite a depiction of the composer dancing in his underpants.

12.30pm UPDATE: Two Daily Mirror journalists arrested for trying to plant a fake bomb. Were they acting responsibly? That was the question I was asked on a BBC Scotland programme this morning. My answer: at this time, with emergency services stretched by dealing with floods and security services stretched by…

I have never been afraid to go against the grain so I am going to say it, loud and proud - I really like the BBC drama True Dare Kiss.

Question: What do you do if you are the warden of a prison in the Phillipines and need to keep 1,500-odd prisoners out of trouble?

Though Sunday's TV play by Kevin Elyot was confused, as a gay man once beaten to a pulp on Clapham Common it felt real enough to me.