‘Bloody hell!’ said Detective Constable Bright. ‘It’s a minefield!’ ‘There’s more …’ replied Detective Sergeant Dawes with a grimace.

As expected on a Monday morning, the clinic’s waiting room was crowded. There were a few old couples who were quiet, with the wives generally reading and the husbands looking around or watching TV.

After watching a debate on the perils of a consumerist society, a man turns off his television and heads to a bicycle shop.

The Duchess of Dulverton sends an errant nephew to search for underwater gold.

Jocantha decides to share her happiness with the less fortunate through a spot of afternoon philanthropy.

A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.

A conversation about an unusual discovery.

A profile of the timid but highly irritating man known to his friends as Luke.

The death of a exemplary servant is widely reported.