Five midweek media musings

1. Dame Judi Dench throws water on reports she's going blind, sparking a frenzy of tweets misspelling her first name. Her story will doubtless raise the profile of AMD though, which is never a bad thing.

2. Meanwhile, Specsavers in Reading batters the opposition to win the town's annual pancake race. The multiple 'beat' opposition from Sainsbury's and TM Lewin - who got a bit shirty.

3. A multi-tasking Wirral optician helps deliver a baby during her charity trip to Africa. Not your average day on the High Street.

4. Tesco careers is tweeting its new optometry jobs, showing it will not be scared offline by the continued uproar about work experience at the retailer. Every little helps.