Jubilations!

Happy holidays. We're signing off till the New Year but, if you aren't too stuffed with turkey, pop by tomorrow as I may put up a little seasonal treat.

This Christmas Eve comic cover is dedicated to our mums - mine and Leo's and Martin's, all absolute treasures. And, as it happens, my mum has a connection to Mirabilis because the nickname she had as a young girl is also Lord Deerdand's nickname for Estelle. I can put it no better than to paraphrase Dr Johnson, who wrote to his own mum: "You are the best mother and, I believe, the best woman in the world." And to paraphrase Stan the Man: 'nuff said!