Slightly above average? God no. She's bang smack in the middle of average as a writer. Her earlier books are better than her later ones due to assertive editing. Without a conscientious editor, her books end up as the literary equivalent of cheap wallpaper, misaligned repeating patterns and all.

Such a good place to be...

Sounds a lot like Scottish Women's Aid. I can believe it.

"They knew it wasn't wrong
They found a love so strong
They took their lives at night
And in the morning light
They found them on the sand
They saw them lying there, hand-in-hand"

Yup. Mrs Toast is bang on the money.

Means something very different in Scotland...

How very Crass(us)

Hasn't she heard of comparison sites? (although I don't think "comparethegrifter.com" exists...yet)

C'mon, it was obviously Tom Baker - "jelly babies" my arse...

I prefer the dancing of the Rockettes: less artillery, more frillery.

www.bbc.co.uk/weather/abou... Explains it far better than me...

Ah, you've misread the forecast— it isn't a 3% chance; it's that 3% of the region described will get rain.