I know you’ll all take this really hard, but I’m afraid this blog will be on holiday for the next 10 days or so. Somehow you will have to live without my special brand of wit and sparkling repartee. While this will not be easy, I have every faith in your ability to cope. Let the tears flow, they’re therapeutic.

I am a little worried that this hiatus will be too much for my loyal, if rather small, readership and I anticipate a sharp spike in the world suicide rate. In the meantime, if you read one other blog I recommend Cinema 24, though his posts have been few and far between of late. Perhaps he’s busy, a concept alien to me.

I’m back home on August 14th, so put it in your diary. Be strong, and I will return with more pith and wisdom than ever…