I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.

All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.

She pulled herself out of the water and waddled along the sand at the edge of the creek.

Leadership by coercion would not produce the results we see.

Certainly there are downsides to leadership by coercion and force.

There had never been any ill-feeling between them until that night.

It's quite possible that there are times I am half awake, and thus the day feels shorter.

A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel-chair.

I expected more classical features, but hers is a beauty that would do well even in this age.