Or gravel, if you have some in the garden.

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Where do you buy Nali's in Britain? It's great.

Also we were not told the status of the birds prior to release. Alive? Dead? Frozen solid??

I didn't notice anything here in London. Must have been local.

I had a small one, which was never very good at solar charging. It was more useful to charge it up when the power was on, and then use as a back-up supply. If your problem is intermittent mains power, rather than none at all, this may be a better answer.

Fighting it on those grounds would be fun, but sadly the BBC just doesn't have deep enough pockets.

Yes, if you are at a Remembrance Day parade. Not for doing the laundry.

I thought she was Hindu. But then, did they do the seven times round the fire - this lifetime and seven lifetimes - thing?

He then appears to have spent last night (which was cold) sleeping rough in Finsbury Park. I imagine he will now be glad to be deported.

Proud of my city.

I didn't know this. Is he a patron saint of artists?

This is daft. There must be Jewish football fans in Birmingham. Why on earth would they support a visiting foreign team rather than Aston Villa?

Why does no one ask the obvious question — "Kemi, you are black; how did it make you feel?"

Easily solved by paying everyone adequately (and equally).

Late evening flight, Ryanair, from Plovdiv to Stanstead. When we got there someone had locked the doors into the terminal, and the man with the key had gone away.

Oh well done. Those are very impressive.