Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations.

Data from more large-bodied lorisoids would be needed to confirm this.

Alex Salmond is undoubtedly the most successful politician practising in these islands today. He has led Scots first to an SNP majority at Holyrood, now to the brink of a historic break with the rest of the UK (rUK?).

What between the Cowley cricketings, and the Isis boatings, Mr. Verdant Green only read by spasmodic fits […]