This Spinal Tap meets Brideshead launch event was held at the British Academy in London - and academy fellow Lord Bragg emphasised the importance of not allowing the humanities to beeclipsed by the sciences.
Come February 2012, if she is not in the race, Mrs Palin will become just another critic, sniping from her living room - and it's clear that she's not ready for her star to beeclipsed by the likes of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney or Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.