David Hockney is marching through London with the Countryside Alliance, not in favour of fox hunting per se but because he’s a libertarian. His placard reads “End Bossiness Now.” But it seems too abrupt..

What’s a sure thing? My husband’s love is a sure thing. Or is it? How unfashionable to suggest that it might be. But if not, we’re left with crotchety, big-bellied Benjamin Franklin’s doubtless...