I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?

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.

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.

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

Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk, a crazy or a human being in distress. The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling.

The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.