Is the outbreak of the Second World War something we should be 'celebrating'?

This week's Radio Times runs an interview with Michael Parkinson, who reveals that the Who Do Think You Are? production team politely declined to make a programme about his ancestors because they weren't interesting enough.

There’s nothing like a bit of enforced rest to get you thinking. Since I've broken my foot I've been thinking about my ancestors and how they would have coped with missing work.