The spring fashion season is in full swing. First, it was New York (9^th-17^th February), where the “Victoria Beckham collection” got much of the attention.

If you happen to have a US $20 note with you, look now at what’s written on the back. In addition to the country’s name and the amount, you’ll find the words: “In God We Trust”.

American author James Pickering once declared that he would  “rather help someone who didn’t need it than not help someone who did need it”.

In June, a British tourist successfully sued his travel company for £750 because they’d sent him to a resort in Greece which (in his opinion) had ‘too many Germans’.