If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.

Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas?

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying hello, lovely day, and so on.

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.

The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings.