Most of Wales had already been conquered by Anglo-Norman barons; Edward I had only the north-west to subdue, and in doing so he completed the final stage of the Normanisation of Wales.

My patients could obtain from my shops, at their choice, aphrodisiac spectacles or ones that cure love; spectacles made of alectorian stone that cancel the harmful effect of poisons, others made of chrysoprase that have the gift of strengthening weakened wills; spectacles that procure a grandiose, thrilling idea of the world, or ones that reduce it to the dimensions of a reading room . . . ones that give a blue view of life or a rose-tinted view; spectacles that induce dreams or suppress them ... in a word, the most fantastic assortment of spectacles imaginable.

It's hard to imagine her in her downtime, slobbing around in front of Come Dine With Me in a pair of trackie bottoms, arguing over the remote control

Sinsing Night Market on Nanhua Road has more clothes stalls and some food at the southern end.