Sairam Gudiseva's boast on Twitter that he had 'Rick Rolled my physics teacher...', posting an accompanying photograph of his essay with the verse from the 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up' written with the first word on every line.

Another and perhaps more Plutonian view of this would be that David's bondage to his mother and the codes of behaviour which she set for him had extended throughout his life, in both profes[s]ional and personal spheres; and that bondage now had an opportunity of loosening, with all the attendant consequences.

We now know that he was born in Shansi province in 1921, but the next thing we know is that because of the good work Hua did in Mao's native province of Hunan, he was summoned to Peiping and given the post of public security minister.

“It's me, your ex-whore, you punk, whoreless, motherfucking nigga!”