Dearest Gentle Reader, this Sunday brings diplomatic collapse, five hundred arrests before the church bells have ceased ringing, and one very remarkable horse reminding us all what greatness looks like. This Author has barely had time to finish her third cup of tea before the world demanded comment, and she shall not disappoint.

Dearest Gentle Reader, this Saturday brings a diplomatic retreat of breathtaking awkwardness, a Duke embroiled in litigation with the very charity he created, and weather so offended by its own recent warmth that it has sent hail by way of apology. This Author has observations on all of it - and a raised eyebrow to spare.

Dearest Gentle Reader, Tuesday has arrived in unseasonable warmth and brought with it a most alarming collection of dispatches - doctors who will not work, holidaymakers who very much wish they had not, and a former footballer attending court from rather less glamorous surroundings than a golf club. This Author has her quill at the ready, her eyebrow already raised, and very much hopes your own health is in better order than the nation's at large.