The exterior is simple, not to say severe, a crazy wooden bellcot above the western gable alone relieving the skyline of the solid old stone-tiled roof, while wooden shutters, all awry, obscure the ancient windows.

Monkey, a Japanese-made series, features a youthful Buddhist priest, a monkey-man, a smallish gentleman who fell into the belly of a pig, an artistic type who lived under water, and a dragon-turned-horse.

Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury … clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.

Only Illinois and New York, besides Texas, have had more convictions overturned by genetic testing than Dallas County, a fact attributable in part to evidence retained to assure reconviction in the event of a successful appeal.