For sale: The Bush House

At noon on Thursday, the BBC World Service will broadcast its last news bulletin from Bush House in The Aldwych. Then, once the solemn moment is past and the strains of the World Service theme tune Lilliburlero have disappeared into the distance, it will be open season on the building’s contents, in an online auction. Minimum bid £10. The biggest lots, they estimate, will go for £10,000 plus.