One suspects that Beckett would have viewed many of these adaptations with mounting horror.

ECONOMIST: Modern drama

When Wegelin's managers pleaded guilty in a New York court, the case was watched with mounting horror by the financial communities in Zurich and Geneva.

BBC: Swiss banks' unease over Wegelin

The suggestion from Westminster ( I'm on my way there now as it happens) is that the three Plaid Cymru MPs have been watching the events of the last 48 hours with a sense of mounting horror.

BBC: Plaid Cymru's French Revolution