I went to school with a boy called Piran Skeels-Piggins. His brother was called Tallon. The worst of this is that I understand their father changed his surname to Skeels-Piggins, though I don’t know what he was called beforehand.

Finally, my wide’s childhood friend is a lesson to us all: she’s called Ilma, which isn’t so offensive, except that her mother was inspired to call her that because of a document she saw where it appeared as an honorific abbreviation for Illustrissima (the illustrious), somewhat like calling your son Esq, or possibly Dr.

yours, in shared pain,
Richard