More misc.

I was highly amused by the comments of Donald Trump's point man in Aberdeenshire, George Sorial, on hearing that the council had inexplicably decided to throw out the overblown and environmentally damaging plan to build yet another sprawling golf course in the area.

Sorial defended accusations the Trump team had been "arrogant and patronising" in its approach. "There's a view we are arrogant. We are not arrogant. We set certain standards. It may be incomprehensible to smaller minds, but we have always set high standards."

Priceless.

Also, Hedy Lamarr has been accorded posthumous honorary membership of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, which is obviously excellent news for fans of spread-spectrum communication the world over.