I went to the first screening (Cumberbatch as monster) on a whim and then immediately ran downstairs to buy tickets for the second which played about an hour later! The character-swap was such a great concept and Miller and Cumberbatch pulled it off beautifully.

Frankenstein was the first NT Live (Encore) event I saw. It was just wonderful. The set, the script, the performances - all just stunning. If Coriolanus is anything like as good - and I have no reason to doubt that it will be - I will be completely insensible with joy.

I think Henry IV and V had a bloody hard act to follow. Personally, I think Richard II is the best play of the four. And Ben Wishaw was just amazing, as was Rory Kinnear. And it was such a beautiful production.

I was being a little pedantic there. I would agree that the title is extremely misleading and that "technically correct" is, frankly, not good enough. I think the majority of readers would interpret the title as both you and I did at first glance.

Or "Women who drink occasionally during pregnancy in Denmark tend to have better behaved kids which is probably related to women who drink occasionally during pregnancy in Denmark being likely to have a higher level of educational and better general health." I think that could work...

The title is technically correct - at least in Denmark, assuming cultural attitudes to drinking have an effect. It's just terribly misleading and the article doesn't need to be written because there is no story.

Absolutely. This is a ludicrous non-story.

As a child I used to eat gingerbread men head first to put them out of their misery.

The Hollow Crown production of either Henry IV or Henry V... I would think Henry V. They're all well worth a watch. (Although I find Henry IV Part 2 a bit hard going... But that's how the text is.)

Wow. That's... um... thrusty.

Glad to be of service!

Jangles!? Well, you learn something new every day.

If you see him again and can't think what to say, may I suggest using your groceries to express your disdain? The best I've come up with is looking him dead in the eye with a withering look and upturning the honey over your own head. You would end up potentially honeyless and sticky and it wouldn't be a particularly…

A very proper Australian friend once told me she threw her thong at a spider. I nearly passed out.

I am enjoying imagining you buying honey and feta in a willfully derogatory manner.

Elasticated things that hold up stockings. Like a leg-scrunchie.

That was exactly how I read it. I was briefly bemused before I caught up with myself.

Also, he actually kind of looks like himself as a baby.

I think Only Fools and Horses is/was an abomination but I do appear to be in a minority among Brits...

An old guy at a party once told me I looked like Jean Simmons. Unfortunately I did not know who Jean Simmons was and was pretty bemused at being told I looked like the guy from KISS.