England just beat Australia to win the CB Series.
While you're attempting to get your befuddled, still-a-bit-hungover heads round that quite preposterous turn of events, may I remind you that Chasms of the Earth is still trundling along, and would welcome your impassioned defence of the literary majesty of Dan Brown; and that the competition to win a signed copy of my new book is also live.
And here's a joke that my very splendid nephew George (age 5 and a bit) just told me.
Q: How do you get a baby astronaut to sleep?
A: Rocket!
Under normal circumstances that would be joke of the day, but I think the cricket result pips it.
