The long lonely nights in the Daily Express newsroom could get boring when things were quiet. So sub-editor NICK PIGOTT kept himself amused by sketching his colleagues. A root around in his loft has revealed the following gems from the 1980s

ROSS BENSON

ROSS BENSON again

RICKY McNEILL

ARLISS RHIND

ALASTAIR McINTYRE in ‘Bingo’ mode

CRAIG ORR

JILL TURNER (née KING)

JOE NEAL

JON ZACKON ‘coping’ on the Middle Bench

NORMAN DIXON (Sport)

PETER ? on the Manchester Desk in familiar post-prandial mode (surname escapes us for the mo)

ALAN FRAME

REG COOPER

TIM HOLDER (Art Desk)