Have dropped a sidelight bulb in the glass of the headlight glass on an X-type Jaguar. What is the easiest way of getting it out?? Do I have to take off the bumper and remove the glass covers from the front? Any ideas??

Job done - I got a "bendy" drinking straw the ones that have the bendy bit towards one end. Looped a thread of cotton through this (loop at one end done by threading a needle on the cotton and dropping it through the straw, holding the "loop" bit and dropping it back again)
Then I removed the "full beam lamp just to give a bit more room (this may not be necessary) - then its a game of lasso on the contact end of the bulb, if it is trapped at the back of the headlight you need to bend the straw against the fron glass to kink the straw a bit to get to the back.
Draw the cotton in VERY tight and hold it like this, carefully pull the straw and bulb back so the contact end comes out first! took me 3 attempts but well worth not having to take the front bumper off!!!!

:-) hope this helps - or simply just be carefull pulling the running or sidelight bulb out by the connector wires!