Woke up this morning in Manchester, England on my way to the Lake District and a conference on the death of stars like the sun.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the WHO FCTC, the agency's first international treaty, which aims to reduce death and disease caused by the global tobacco epidemic.

Mere dilettantes might not have taken note of Papa Joe – a Dickensian character if ever there was one – since he used a press conference to promote a record label, four days after Michael's death.