“ From then on, it was even twistier B-roads through a country so photgenically rural that I half expected to meet Bilbo Baggins around the next corner - providing he'd taken to driving a Nissan Micra. Ben Aaronovitch
“ She was spontaneously created by the midichlorians,' I said. Both women gave me blank looks. 'Never mind. Ben Aaronovitch
“ Or as my dad always says: it only becomes a social problem when the working man joins in. Ben Aaronovitch
“ I was pleased to see that even back in the glory days of the Folly people left their mugs of tea on their magical textbooks. Ben Aaronovitch
“ Bollocks, I thought, or testiculi or possibly testiculos if we were using the accusative. Ben Aaronovitch
“ Abigail stared suspiciously at Lesley. Why are you wearing a mask? she asked.Because my face fell off, said Lesley.Abigail considered this for a moment and then nodded. Okay, she said. Ben Aaronovitch
“ So that's when I came up with the most ridiculous plan since I'd decided to take a witness statement from a ghost. It was a plan so stupid that even Baldrick would have rejected it out of hand. Ben Aaronovitch
“ Then Beverley Brook stepped onto the footplate and pointed a shotgun straight at the Queen’s head – I recognised the Purdey from my trunk. It was nice to see it getting an airing.Beverley herself was… Aaronovitch Ben