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Amazon offer in my Inbox this morning - books 2, 3 and 4 of "The Dublin Trilogy" (by Caimh McDonnell).

Well, I suppose that they would be Irish!

Grunger

Your domestic tale really plumbed the depths... but I enjoyed it very much!

Chrise

I liked your Amazon tale too.

I heard on the radio today that something was "light miles" away. Eh? I replayed it on the internet to make sure I hadn't misheard.

Also, I remember a CD called The Only Classical CD You'll Ever Need Vol 2.

Orson, I think I might have bought the CD - I'd have chuckled every time I looked at it, played it.

The 'light miles' was … gobbledygook really!

Worse even than using "light years" to mean "a very long time"!

ChrisE, just for you...

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic, today

9 A. Aggravate player of forty-five, perhaps? (6)

Malone

Although this clue was not for me, is the answer "Wind Up". It has been winding me up for days.

Grunger

No, it's Needle. The misuse of 'aggravate' annoys ChrisE … if I've remembered correctly.

It does indeed, malone - thanks for that!

Radio Times listing for today:
Train your baby like a dog
.....She also demonstrates how to read body language in order to diffuse outbursts before they happen.

I suppose the writer could mean "diffuse", but "defuse" is surely more likely?

I agree that the writer meant defuse. Confusing that word with diffuse is common amongst journalists and is something that annoys me.

Even so, I have doubts about defuse. I think you can only defuse something that already exists, like a bomb. An outburst, however, is spontaneous - something that happens unexpectedly. So I think it would have been better to write prevent.

She also demonstrates how to read body language in order to prevent outbursts.

It is unnecessary to add "before they happen".