A wave of ‘agromania’ was triggered by the sudden appearance in the immediate aftermath of the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle of numerous tracts on improving farming – after more than a century of conspicuous silence on this front.

the extra wind protection provided by the overbuilt framing

Polson and his colleagues have studied waterjug problems, which involve pouring quantities of water between jugs of different sizes...

Get on the sofa, cross yourself, then pitch it with all your worth backwards, in the tucked position. If you land with both feet on the strip, then Gunga Din to you . . . you've just done a version of the Korbut Flip . . . if you can't, you'll never be a gymnast.