But as I wrote on 12 July, simply changing the name on the brass plate above a parading quango's door is no guarantee of success.

BBC: Parades Commission not going anywhere

You had merely to lead them to the plate-glass porch door and point out a squirrel or a cat running on the railing, or the automatic pool vacuum flipping its tail in the water as it carried on, side to side, end to end.

NEWYORKER: Soldier��s Joy

The first revolution in cutlery was, in fact, revolutionary: you left your dagger at the door, and sat down to a table set with flatware at every plate.

NEWYORKER: A Fork of One��s Own

The first time he fired up his double hot plate, the fuse-box door was open and he witnessed a cerulean flash and a rattail of smoke, the first of four fuses it took to fry one egg.

NEWYORKER: Idols