Books and arts – 22 May 2014

‘ID?’
‘OK, guys… now what do we do?’
‘It’s amazing what she can do with striped toothpaste.’
‘How would you like your lamb slaughtered?’
‘It’s happened. The couch has finally taken over John!’
‘He started with just one box six months ago...’
‘Curses! It looks as if the replacement bus isn’t going to show up either.’
‘You do the meth.’
‘Bad news – there’s a 75 per cent tax on national treasure.’
‘It must be halal meat — it’s disagreeing with me.’
Trust renewables Sir: Your editorial (‘Green and unpleasant’, 3 May) accused the National Trust of jumping ‘aboard the climate change bandwagon’ and performing a ‘double backflip’ on wind energy and shale gas. Not true. We have long been worried about the impact that climate change is having on our properties. Sixty per cent of
‘We don’t do God,’ was Alastair Campbell’s put-down when his charge, Tony Blair, was tempted to raise the issue of his faith. Unfortunately, it seems to have become the motto of David Cameron’s government. It is a month now since 276 girls were kidnapped from a school near the town of Chibok in northern Nigeria,