He shines in the gym, floors his opponents in Greco-Roman wrestling and effortlessly holds a crucifix position on the rings.

Lyric writing […] requires […] the infinite patience of the gemsetter […]

I don't bovver, he said, with a cross look in the direction of his brother and sister Rochesters.

One oddity of the Scottish Region timetable is that the special page (52) devoted to the Midday Scot shows, among other meal prices, that of breakfast, on trains beginning their journeys at 1.30 p.m. Some Scots (or Sassenachs) would appear to be late risers!