The drawing was quickly deleted and China Media Project has saved a copy.

So, actually, at home, whenever we break a wineglass, I save the bottom, take it over to the machine shop.

And Victor begins writing, we think it was a letter to Joan, his partner. And he writes and writes, with the rush of feeling.

We all went looting the local shops I still have the slim volumes of romantic poetry which my 16 year old self took from a bookshop.

Without encumbering him with any prescription, I told him somewhat sheepishly that I was going on an extended foreign trip and wanted to keep a precautionary strip of antibiotic tablets with me.

Why reject the improvements that human ingenuity has provided to us? I have an old fountain pen that belonged to my grandmother it s a nice memento of her, but I wouldn t dream of using it to write this column.