Dearest Gentle Reader, this Sunday has delivered a most peculiar assortment - a political leader unveiling bold plans for a demographic that may not strictly require rescue, a government quietly abandoning its own scheme under cover of declared victory, and an entire nation cheerfully handing over £408 for an event not yet headlined, at a farm, in twenty months' time. There are also spies lurking in the groves of academe, and a grave report about a beloved piece of living history. This Author has opinions on all of it - some barely suppressed.