Not super

There is a very annoying advert on tv and probably other places for the UK supermarket Sainsbury.

It features a voice over by Stephen Fry and shows an employee named Charlotte doing various tasks.

You may have seen it. If not, here’s a link.

Stephen Fry is an actor, writer and presenter who has an image of being rather posh, clever and superior to normal people. He uses long words to emphasise this, and apparently has a lot of fans.

His voice is very recognisable here and we don’t know whether or not he shops at this place. We suspect not, but lending, sorry selling, his voice to this advert will make people think “if it’s good enough for Fry it’s good enough for us”.

Charlotte is Charlotte Gant, an aspiring actress and not a Sainsbury employee at all, as far as we can see. We can’t say she has never been. She has a gofundme page for tuition money, and has appeared in other things. We wish her luck and success in her chosen career.

Here’s her professional bio page: https://www.mandy.com/u/charlottegant3

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London quiz

Our fun and short London quiz is now available here.

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AI

We have been having decent weather here in London.

I was sitting in a park the other day, enjoying the sunshine, and there were some young people at the next seat talking.

One said: “God created AI so that people can better understand their sins.”

So now you know.

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