dolefulness

made a welcome change from large doses of dolefulness. It ends with Better is Peace - who could disagree?

While politics, the Pope, decriminalisation of drugs, the meaningless and empty cult of the 'celebrity' - including "whining, narcissistic millionaire" footballers, the London Olympics, and self-service checkouts (the latter accompanied by an inspired video of the comedian peering into the machine's workings) were some of the more mainstream targets to receive Bailey's trademark bemused-meets-incensed treatment, there were other more off-kilter ones delivered with delightful dolefulness.

There is an extent to which even his supporters must feel reluctant to indulge him in this dolefulness.

The answer to her dolefulness comes with the arrival of Alexandre Fabbri, a pupeteer who performs with his marionettes in the school where Veronique teaches music.