She must be furious about Baron Lebedev of Siberia, born in Russia and put into the House of Lords by that same American-born PM.

The advice to writers is always 'write about what you know'. Totally the opposite for readers!

I was looking for a goat -it's usually goats! - but I think it's a big cat on the first big branch to the left.

There are extracts (free!) on Soundcloud. What a voice! soundcloud.com/search?q=bas...

Was it Angela Hewitt?

Similarly, if you love the Köln concert but don't like the dodgy piano sound ... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (haven't listened and not sure I want to.)

Quite right too. My heating's been broken for a few weeks and I've just had an engineer improvise a temporary solution until he can come back with the necessary part (a motorised valve). Proper old-school, he's obviously seen everything and knows all the tricks.

17 down in today's Guardian crossword: Trump a protestant? (9)

I'd have thought being a moral zealot was a good thing. If one genuinely believes in some values one should be zealous in promoting them. The alternatives are to have no values or to be lazy and complicit. A Reverend, in particular, should know this.

Oh yes, I see it now!

I was led astray for a long time by 1 down (ironically?)

I'm so sorry, Ariane. Of course it's best to find out he's not the right one before you get married, but I don't suppose that's much consolation at the moment.

in Chambers online, def 3,2 of toll (law, historical) is "to take away the right of"

I thought a fighting* 1-0 defeat would be a good outcome!

*plucky

The Duke of Catford recently went out of business and we're distraught.

How to bring down an Apple Watch: "Samsungs have more functionality than you. And are cheaper. And" - twisting the knife - "cooler."