The last days of Virgin

Hear that ticking noise in the background? That's the countdown to the launch of Absolute Radio, coming to a wireless near you at 7.45am on Monday. Woo-hoo! It begins in earnest on the Friday before - that's September 26, fact fans - when Russ Williams, who has been on Virgin Radio since it launched 134 years ago, kicks off a special "Goodbye Virgin Radio" show. Something very special will happen at 4pm, except management isn't saying what. Maybe Williams will jump out of a cake. Or a cake will jump out of Williams. Or maybe he will jump into a cake. Anyway, Monkey is most excited about the "Road from V to A" - get it? - playing a song beginning with A, and ending with one beginning with V, it says here. Surely that should be the other way round? It's an absolute must-listen.