Quingming Festival Pillows

"With so much business coming from China he thought he'd get ahead of the curve and learn a bit of the language...but it turned out to be a lot trickier than he thought... He was trying to wish them a joyous Quingming festival, but actually told them to l

"Meet the author"

Tennis fans queuing at Wimbledon.

'What clan do you belong to?'

Easter Island Cheeseheads

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

"Regarding the plot of your novel ... what on earth were you thinking?"

"Penny's still having issues grasping 'icing the puck,' but she nailed 'offsides' and 'too many men' today!"

'He speaks for our entire generation. Pity he's such a bore...'

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

Vaccine Spring

'Nice jingle!'

Dinner at the Jolly Sandboys (opening to Ch 19)

"Oh Wow! Shooting star!"

Easter Egg Island

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"People, the facts are inescapable. Any ideas on how we can ignore them?"

Drainpipe in a sombrero.

Mexican angels.

Maypole

'Barbarians at the gate? That's fine, I fully support social mobility.'

Face painting children with no facial features.

Margaret Thatcher as the rad queen in [Alice] Through the Looking Glass. Her clothes display symbols of her policies, such as a map of the Falkland Islands and policemen's helmets

Pyramid Skiers

Tyrannosaurus Tex

"Good autobiography, but I preferred your memoirs."

Highland Pipe Band Drum Major

A visit to the marionette theatre in Milan.

Ice-cream van jingle championships.

Ice cream seller

The Dali 'Bama.

'Not only did he say I can circumcise him, but he also said there'll be six more weeks of winter.'

"My guess is that you're not the first European here.

Rocket charmer.

'I must warn you that bagpipes sound exactly the same when you've finished learning as when you start. . .'