This afternoon my husband found a tortoise in the garden. I had never seen a tortoise like this before. I could only guess that it was an exotic species someone had bought as a pet. The bulbs are up but the sun is obscured by a thick grey blan.

The 143 best songs in the world. What are we doing here? You are about to enter The 143. I intended to create a playlist of 50. Bearing in mind I only had the 11,988 songs already uploaded to and stored in my proprietory digital library to choose from, I was still amazed how quickly I flew by the 50 mark, and then the 100 mark. I stopped when I had gathered every vital song in my library, and I had 143. In a perfect world, each entry will i.

Random thoughts from an ageing Welsh Beatles fan. As the late great Dr.