At least the Guardian’s Ewan Murray and Sky Sports’ Ewen Murray work for different outlets (A tale of two Murrays: when Ewan met Ewen to talk Tiger Woods, stiff gins and 15 years of mistaken identity, 8 August). Stephen Moss (former literary editor, and chess and classical music expert) and I (Birdwatch columnist) both write for the Guardian, causing endless confusion.
A member of Sedgemoor chess club once told me that “We would be very honoured if you could come and give us a game” (they wouldn’t), while a woman, after admitting that she “quite enjoyed” my birding articles, spoiled it by adding “but when you write about classical music, it’s absolutely wonderful!”