Basically, we're making the most of a bad situation. That doesn't mean making up stories, of course, but we tend to relish certain kinds of odd news more than we would at other times of the year.

[In the meantime, the silly season has another month and a half to go before Parliament returns, which means continued coverage of sneezing horses, World Hen Racing Championships and Jude Law's philandering, After all, while terrorist issues continue to dominate the news,] there's only so much people can take, ... When it doesn't necessarily sell papers after a certain amount of time, you've got to have something more upbeat.

[After all, while terrorist issues continue to dominate the news,] there's only so much people can take, ... When it doesn't necessarily sell papers after a certain amount of time, you've got to have something more upbeat.

and that's kept a lot of the newspapers happy.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.