Yesterday I raved about, and pointed you to, one of our veteran contributors, Ed Bark, whose pair of stories on media coverage of the Murdoch scandal I'm immensely proud to present on this site.

Today, another point of pride, from another of our writers. Tom Brinkmoeller provides an intensely personal, yet touchingly funny, account of how and why his home TV viewing habits have changed since his wife, Linda, experienced a major brain aneurysm a dozen years ago.

I suspect it will make you smile, and I hope it prompts you to write him a response. His very revealing Raised on MTM column can be read by clicking HERE...