One of us is famous, one is either a comedian or a skateboarder, and one is Polly Toynbee

This is so embarrassing.

As part of the end-of-term fun for the "Little Pebbles" Year 9s, we set them the task " write a self-important letter to the Telegraph ", and in a reversal of the usual game, " think of somebody who's nearly famous whom you wouldn't invite to a dinner party".

Unfortunately Burton Dasset found the resultant two sheets of paper, assumed they were genuine and, it turns out, posted them off.

Still, full marks for putting Tim Minchin at the top. People have heard of him.