Dearest Gentle Reader, Thursday has once again outdone itself in the production of scandal, with a leadership scramble, a war-addled economy, and a fish and chip crisis of genuinely philosophical proportions. This Author has observed much, judged freely, and raised an eyebrow at approximately everything. The Capital, the corridors of power, and one small chip shop in Pembrokeshire all have starring roles in today's most diverting dispatch.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Wednesday brings a most extraordinary harvest of intrigue - a prime minister abandoned by his own financial patrons, a cruise ship haunted by a medieval-sounding pestilence, and a princess who has reduced an entire Italian city to rapturous hand-painted signage. This Author has observed much in her time, but today's dispatches are truly something to savour.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Tuesday has delivered an embarrassment of riches - a Prime Minister under siege from his own ranks, a shadowy smuggling king unmasked, and a politician whose houseboat has proved considerably more costly than advertised. This Author has all the details, and not a single one is dull.