And now for some sheer self-indulgence ... a host's prerogative! I lost a dear friend at the end of last year ... our beautiful rescue dog, Clemmie. We adopted her as a two-year old from a refuge here in France ... she had been found wandering with three puppies. She was a wonderful companion for eleven years, but, by the end of last year, she was struggling and had obviously lost all her previous exuberance and zest for life, and we, therefore, made the very difficult decision to have her put to sleep. I miss her enormously! (The film at the beginning comes from an attempt four years ago, in a previous dog-related Season, to get her to co-operate for a recording - she didn't!)