A large cylinder of Anti-Lurgy gas has arrived. One blast from the attached mask and all Lurgies are instantly cured.

Sonia Hanke will play Beethoven's 'Emperor' 5th piano concerto later, when she's collected a clean hanky from the Tavern linen room. (There's a large concert grand piano in the adjacent Music Room)

X-Ray Teddy is available for cuddles if one books a session.

Old Lady has made a large nut-and-chocolate sponge with real cream filling and a very nice quiche (home-made pastry, not for Muslims as there's lard and butter in it)
Smiling African Man is already helping himself to an enormous slice muttering "Bismillah" something-or-other (which I think means'Sorry God')