Photo by Rob Watkins/ Alamy Last week I left you with the tantalising prospect of being able to read about my fridge. Well, I’ll get on to that. But something vaguely interesting has happened, so you’ll just have to wait. Now, I may not have mentioned him before, but for more than a quarter of a century I have been good friends with J—, who happens to be one of the three members of the band Black Box Recorder. You might not have heard of them, but they had a hit single in 2000 with a song called “The Facts of Life”, which I consider to be the best, wittiest and most intelligent single ever to grace the UK hit parade. As it happened, J— knew my work and liked that too, so we fell into each other’s arms and have remained friends ever since, although I used to see much more of him when I lived in London. But I would sometimes see him after going to Lord’s for a Test match, for he lived but a short ride up Finchley Road, north-west London, on the 13 or 113 bus.…