Recently I've been watching a few Premier League matches 'live' thanks to my son's South American River of Evil Prime account (I'd like to see Liverpool v Spurs tonight but he's going out). What has struck me is the distinctive way all the pundits in the punditry box hold their microphones. Instead of using desk mics or clip-ons, like most shows would do, they all have hand-held mics which they clasp right in an identical pose: dead vertical, right in front of their chest. Like a pint glass, it strikes me. I'm not sure whether they pint-glass pose is deliberate as a blokey pubby footy thingy, or more likely it's to do with displaying logos. They must be instructed on it though, it's so uniform.
