"I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace."

Beth Ditto loves Funny Girl too! I started my day by screaming along to Standing in the Way of Control while I brushed my teeth this morning and sprayed toothpaste bubbles all over the wall. This is why I like having the house to myself.

Today, in the freezing although nicely redecorated library, I was reading a book about Martin Amis. Part of the argument in favour of him using Craig Raine's martianism (wikipedia informs me Craig Raine comes from County Durham: 100% fact) in Time's Arrow is that 'Martin Amis' is an anagram of 'martianism'. Really? Really? That's your incisive literary analysis right there.