October, apparently, is the month to "Look more confident", "Improve your kid's handwriting", or "play conkers" with them. Cherie may be a top QC but could she have thought of this all by herself? Possibly her mission to appear ordinary enough for people to vote for her husband was influenced by Prima's excellent advice. No wonder the more sane Tory MPs are actually leaving politics already...."At this point the phone rings. Professor Tripeholme answers it."Two more geneticists for next week's programme? I'll see what I can do, Mr Bragg Thank you."He puts the phone down He groans I tiptoe away and leave him to it.. You're very lucky that I've got time to write this at all because I'm a very busy woman you know Places to go, people to see, cheese to freeze.

You know how it is combining career, children and cable-knit jumpers all in one day. Believing that you can get the EU on your side by massive non-co-operation is the act of a loony.Oh, yes, I think we can safely assume that the disease is very advanced now. The only splashes of colour are the Lichtensteins, and red and blue leather sofas.The house - down to Mr Simonyi's duvet, with its black and white grid bedspread - closely echoes what he calls the "digital premonitions" of Vasarely. The bed does indeed rotate through 180 degrees, with views of either the glitter of light on Lake Washington, or down to the gently swirling water of his pool. From a bedside console all the electrical functions of the house can be controlled.