These posts are a day early. Tomorrow is July 14 so a happy day then to all our French readers.

From time to time we all need a helping hand. Today’s poem is a song to one of those people. Luckily, there are quite a few of them around.

Anne starts her second year at Oxford and makes a trip to Manchester.

Magdalena and James, or rather April and Alex, leave Falsetto’s and go to The White Hart for a quiet drink.