When a TV police procedural breaks out the Tarot card reader in a pivotal role you know it’s hit trouble. This happened recently in one of them. One of the many. Perhaps it was CSI Giggleswick, I don’t recall. I was reminded of this while watching the re-boot of the once refreshing Jonathan Creek. Sad to report that something’s happened to Jonathan. Something not very mysterious. He Oxfammed the duffel coat and now he favours well-cut navy suits. He got married and, bless her

​ As previously noted on these pages, I’m going to do my best to avoid writing about holidays and hospital stays. It is clear, however, that on this occasion my best isn’t going to be good enough. There we were last week at a swanky hotel in Venice. So swanky that included in the breakfast buffet were a cluster of gleaming, silvery ice buckets loaded with bottles of chilled prosecco, corks popped and all ready to go. This was the upside. As is the case with upsides, there’s o