[…] divers sorts of fish; some baked in bread, some broiled on the coals, some seethed, some in gravy savoured with spices, and all with condiments so cunning that it caused him delight.

CONSIDER what it is the inchworm measures with his ridiculous lurch-and-drag walk; he measures his way down the aeons of unproof; he measures nothing that is not a thought of God; he measures his life that it may be shared with all; …

Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.

The Star also reports: A public farewell is being planned next week in Brisbane's football stadium to accommodate all his millions of fans. The Wrap is not sure how big the stadium is, but thinks this might be a case of shurely shome mishtake?