"It is one of the shabbiest places the children go into, " Mr Cokeham said.

BBC: Expecting high standards

Shabbiest of all has been the government's handling of executive bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland, which has been mostly owned by the state since its bail-out in 2008 (see Bagehot).

ECONOMIST: The coalition��s performance

The show used the shabbiest possible effects, plus a fly-by-night attitude toward narrative logic, although its low budget was as much a feature as a bug: it made something out of nothing, much the way Abed and Troy constructed their Dreamatorium engine out of cardboard tubes and a funnel.

NEWYORKER: Fantastic Voyage