Mum turned down Phil Collins

New North London Synagogue treasurer Tony Bogod can smile, as a survivor of Graham Norton's big red chair.

At the end of his BBC chat show, Norton invites members of the public to tell a story. But most never reach the end, because if the presenter starts to get bored, he pulls a lever and dumps them unceremoniously out of the chair.

In a recent episode, Mr Bogod recounted how his mother had been collecting money for a street party for the Queen's Jubilee in Ealing back in 1977.

She knocked on the door of a recent arrival to the area, who happened to be Phil Collins, drummer and vocalist of the band Genesis.