The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him...

What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name! I don't think so, said Mr Carlyle. It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, but physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America.

Many feel that the continued war in Afghanistan is nothing more than an exercise in futility - and with good reason.