Dearest Gentle Reader, this Sunday has served up a tiger, a taskforce, and a King's most pointed warning - and that is merely where matters begin. The skies blazed with celestial colour whilst the corridors of power grappled with questions of justice, immunity, and the perennial English terror of an impending winter. Read on, if you dare face the full picture.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Thursday has furnished this Author with a naval spy, a nation's shopping secrets laid bare before criminals, and a British flag that simply refuses to come down when told. Whether it is the audacity of the young, the impertinence of hackers, or the quiet heroism of a very determined flagpole - today's dispatch contains wonders enough to keep even the most jaded of readers from their afternoon nap.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Monday brings a record that nobody wished to see broken, a counter-terror operation at an airbase so significant it once stood ready for the American space shuttle, and a Prime Minister with a splendid vision he would rather not explain quite yet. There is also an eleven-year-old who is already making history while the rest of us are still making tea - and that, at least, is cause for genuine delight.