'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

The sun was setting, and the Eiffel Tower was a dusty rose in the distance.

Finally, [Kevin] Rudd neutralised other issues by furiously agreeing with the government. This led to charges of ‘me too-ism’, but it also left the government little with which to go after Rudd and kept the debate focused on the areas where Rudd wanted it.

Except for the purpose of vain pageants, designed to aucupate benefices, by cajoling the patrons, the University of Oxford has long ceased to exist.