Politics like it’s 1985

Honestly; an old-fashioned sex scandal, the British Embassy in Russia accused of spying with cunningly disguised microphones (in this case, disguised as rocks) and a nail-biting wildlife story. It’s like three episodes of Yes, Minister rolled into one.

I actually read the News of the World story about Mark Oaten, a masterly combination of prurience, coyness, and sanctimoniousnes. Gasp with horror at "a bizarre sex act too revolting to describe".

There’s nothing like journalistic priggery from a paper that considers a page without nipples a page wasted.

Finally, how does one humanely kill a large whale?