By the time she passed from us, the tabs had deserted Jackie for Lorena, Tonya, Gennifer and Paula, in case you were looking for evidence of the decline of public taste.

One of the most benighted little countries in Africa peaceably overthrew its 30-year dictator by free vote with no one slaughtering anyone. Let's hear it for Malawi.

Jericho is where Yasser blew the trumpet and the walls went tumbling up.