11.   Week by week we read of the latest opinion polls on this or that.

12.   You read of another hunger-strike,

13.   On a somewhat linked matter, you will I am sure, have read of the Home Office sponsored report on voluntary organisations or charities published last week.

14.   It was sad to read of the death of Michael Seely, racing correspondent of The Times, who lost the fight against a serious illness earlier this week.

15.   But help was at hand thanks to North Wales haulage contractor Robin Jones, who read of their plight in the Daily Post.

16.   And he then actually goes on and writes the passage I began by reading of straight autobiography.

17.   Also, I often read of the importance of seeing how a particular fund compares with its peers.

18.   Amid this lovely bric-a-brac, we read of a devout aunt who made friends with the parish priest next door and invited him to dinner.

19.   And reading of defenses.