A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.

Butyrates are four carbon fatty acids first found in butter. Butyrates are formed naturally in the gut by friendly bacteria (probiotics) digesting fibre, such as the fibre in psyllium seed husks.

The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.

By 1979, thousands had 'gapped it', or taken the 'chicken run', as emigration was derisively known […]