Again and again the surprise was effected, not by the nation of hunters, but by those rooineks whose want of cunning and of veld-craft had for so long been a subject of derision and merriment.

That person's decision to watch an X-rated movie or log on to an Internet porn site fed a desire that became difficult to turn off once it was turned on.

We've got a live one. Kim Howells burst on to the scene last week with his first foray into university politics as higher education minister. The man best known for labelling the Turner Prize conceptual bullshit was not sounding very on-message. In a departure from his prepared speech on the launch of an NUS information campaign for would-be students, Howells started, well, rambling.

Cocker thy childe, and hee ſhall make thee afraid: play with him and he will bring thee to heauinesse.