On the nose

Emails have been flooding in and we can now have a good guess at the short list for Venice. First up it looks like Julian Dashper, Ronnie van Hout, Andy Palmer, Fiona Pardington, Hye Rim Lee and Sriwhana Spong have fallen at the first hurdle. From our initial list, that leaves Phil Dadson, Judy Millar, Yvonne Todd and Francis Upritchard, although we have only had two of those confirmed (make that three). And, when you’re placing your bets, don’t forget the dark six that help make up CNZ’s strangely small pool of 16 contenders.