Gay sons thus exposed to shaming antierotic messages and punitive antierotic actions generally internalize the parental erotophobia to the point of imploding sexually by becoming self-homophobic.

The final nerve-wracking task involved “sommeliering” throughout a gourmet lunch for judges and wine writers – and answering the tricky questions which were inevitably thrown their way.

The further fact that almost the only articulate opposition to statehood within Alaska came from representatives of or persons closely associated with absentee business interests which are the traditional betes noires in any colonial area, presented an opportunity for branding even mild questioning of the movement as unAlaskan.

The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag heaps and pithead gear and criss-crossed by railway lines and tramways.