If today’s horoscope is any indication, AI can’t quite replace human writers yet. Witness the scattershot list of purportedly flattering adjectives describing today’s birthday baby in the Sun’s Astrology column. Concise? maybe… Aggressive… well, okay; sadly, these days that seems to be something that many aspire to… Being labelled passionate is unlikely to raise any ire. But sumptuous?

Let’s review the plot of the ballad. A man arrives in “a bar in Toledo.” He admires a pretty woman who is drinking alone. When she takes off her ring, he goes over to chat her up, believing he’s in with a chance. Tongue loosened by alcohol, Lucille claims she’s “no quitter.” This is patently untrue. In the next breath, she admits to being weary of her life, “hungry for laughter” and seeking “whatever the other life brings.”

Tutankhamun took the throne at the age of nine and ruled for ten years. Dead at nineteen, he was buried in an enormous tomb that remained undisturbed until 100 years ago when it was found and excavated by Howard Carter and his team.

On opening night of this play at the small theatre used by Naked Stage in Surrey, there are only a few rows of chairs. The audience members are chatting among themselves — a lot seem to know each other.

On a recent trip to Spain, our group visited Gibraltar. The vertiginous rock at the Pillars of Hercules was impressive. So were the Barbary apes who live up there. Posed before the lofty view, one in particular seemed to be saying. “Here I am with the view behind me. You can take the picture now.”