compact-ish with decent exposure control?

Hi All,
Back in the day I used to be a 35mm nut, d&p'ing my own photos, and
using an EOS 320. Then I had kids, less time, and chopped all my kit
in for an early point and shoot Nikon Coolpix. Now I'm after something
pocketable, but with some decent (semi) manual control.
The ideal'd be something shirt-pocketable, with a widish 3x optical
zoom and an APERTURE/PROGRAM SHIFT RING around the lens. Not too
interested in "party" type modes et al and I don't really need a DSLR.
It's *got to be pocketable* though...!
I'd like it to have an idiot mode too, but mainly I want to be able to
easily bias a program from wide aperture/short exposure to small
aperture/long exposure.
Not seen many cameras that do this - oh, and I'd like it for under
£350, please...

Anyone tried a Ricoh GX8? They seem the closest...Any other
suggestions?
Big LCD, rechargeable battery and charging off USB all pluses...

Cheers
Ric