Again, the 9.00 Kings Cross-Newcastle is very variable in its loading, but the 17.00 back, on which most of the stock returns, is usually well-filled.

Consider, for instance, that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Marat Safin and even the supposedly out-of-sorts Lleyton Hewitt all won the opening set of their first-round matches 6-0 before barely breaking a sweat in the two sets that followed.

Despite the media whiteout, we believe our weapon flashing had communicated the important political message that the nuclear mentality and the masculine mentality are intimately connected.

Welsh resistance effectively collapsed, to be encircled with new castlefuls of Edward’s soldiers.