Da Vinci Code fever is gripping the country. I thought the book was so-so, I only read half of it because I could see where it was leading. I had read Holy Blood and Holy Grail back in 1982 and some subsequent books that were based on the same premis of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene and having children. There wasn't the same uproar then.

It seems everybody nowadays sees a conspiracy at every turn.

It's freezing, there's hailstones and I've put the central heating back on. Is this a sign of global warming ?