| LETTERS FROM LONDON |
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| REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 17th FEBRUARY 2011 |
| 1. CROWNING GLORY: Once upon a time, in a land where the peasants were very poor and the rich were very, very rich – rich enough to buy small countries - there lived two evil queens-in-waiting. One was young and one was not. More |
| 2. JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS: In a kingdom not very far away, peasants live in caravans apart from most of the other peasants, keeping themselves to themselves. They live in the green land of shamrocks and fairies. These tribes move from place to place and are called travellers or gypsies, following many strict customs of conduct which are never broken. More |