To translate the insecurity that runs through this: “if people despise a man I admire, what does that say about me?”

Leo Enright

I am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.