Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?

It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.

Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with “stupidly overpowerful dog” and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-­expenses-paid visit to your local police station.

Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?

He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.

My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.

In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.