Saturday night and I imagine I'm standing, drink in hand, drinking in the sight of one of our great African cities. Here's Dar es Salaam: a ribbon of golden street arching around moonlight silhouetting anchored ships, while high-rises rise into the Tanzanian evening.
Shane MacGowan has died, aged 65. In a 1997 BBC documentary, he and his parents reflected on life in Carney Commons, County Tipperary, where he spent some of his childhood.