Dearest Gentle Reader, the prisons are full, a pastor is mourned, and a shadow minister has announced himself to the world a full two years before anyone is required to vote. This Sunday brings grief, political theatre, and a Channel crossing gone very badly wrong - and this Author has opinions on all of it.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Wednesday delivers a trinity of disquiet - a prison system creaking at its seams, a monster who walked free whilst those who should have stopped him looked elsewhere, and a Kingdom slowly roasting under skies that have quite forgotten their manners. This Author has read the dispatches, set down her pen twice in agitation, and resolved that you must read every word. Prepare yourself accordingly.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Tuesday brings cocaine concealed in bananas, a Kingdom baking under amber alerts, and a young sportswoman whose parents wrote her a note that changed everything. The affairs of state are no less theatrical - hover close, for there is much to savour and one rather remarkable phone call to consider.