We don't talk anymore ?

It was back in May when Mr Justice Mann suggested the lawyers in Sir Cliff v The BBC take a month off to see if they could resolve their differences out of court. And there's no sign yet of the expensive barristers on both sides getting their wigs back on.

What's occurring ?  Sir Cliff turned 77 last week. He's announced a tour of major venues in the UK, Ireland and Denmark at the end of next year. His Caribbean holiday home in Sugar Hill is on offer for £6m. His Portuguese vineyards, plus two villas, are still for sale at 5.5m Euros. He sold his Sunningdale flat, which was handily exposed to potential buyers by a BBC-rented helicopter on all news outlets, for £2.9m in 2016. He has a new compilation album, Stronger Thru The Years, coming out in November.

This might suggest someone very determined to prove a point gathering a fighting fund.

• The current edition of Private Eye says that BBC Newsgathering boss Jonathan Munro, thought by some to be a leading candidate to succeed James Harding as Director of News, is the man who authorised the use of the helicopter to point live cameras into Sir Cliff's apartment as South Yorkshire Police moved in...