His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.

British taraxacology in general and we ourselves in particular owe Chris Haworth a massive debt, as we have explained in the dedication of this book.

Each is embellished with Italian Renaissance-inspired detail, including rusticated stonework, pedimented window hoods, consoles, cartouches, a denticulate cornice and a roof-mounted balustrade

Fell backwards into a soft, though rather waspy and beey, bed.