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Another busy week and I'm dog-tired. It is, for the second time since starting this regular column, that I am granting myself the week off. If you want to know why I'm so tired, then you'll have to come back next week for the scoop.

Yes, it is time once again for me to take a break from the hustle-bustle; to try to forget about the tread-mill which lies before me by curling up with a good book.

Next week I will update you on the still unresolved loose-end -- uh, I mean dead-end -- not that much has changed.

But until next week, I'll be reading The Times.