The death of his wife, followed by months of being alone, had marked him with guilt and shame and had left an unbreaking loneliness on him.

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”

The Los Angeles Times proved this last week, with its high-minded but ultimately hilarious attempt to 'wikify ' its editorial column.

Charlie […] I heard about your spot of bother. / Alex Spot of bother? / Charlie Your dad told us. I was sorry to hear that. / Alex It was hardly a spot of bother, Grandad. My best mate's gonna get sent to prison for burning a house down.