Finally, a note from Mr. D. G. Selwyn to point out that the run of his timing behind Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35005 Canadian Pacific, also described in January, on which a fine performance was achieved with a 460-ton load on a day of very bad weather, was with the engine in its unrebuilt and not its rebuilt form, and thus was all the more creditable to the unnamed engine-crew concerned.

Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes.

For others of us, though, Obama’s wit is closely linked to the outsiderness that got him elected.

There appears to be no absolute cycle in the universe; all is change and progression. No planet ever revolves twice precisely in the same orbit.