Only the euro frustrates the prime minister's sense that he is back in command of events (those wretched five tests invigilated by the brooding Mr Brown, and the little matter of having to win a referendum).

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

His response is that experience alone, whether wretched or comic, has by chance furnished him with the correct answers, and the bulk of the film, constructed from flashbacks, proves his point.

NEWYORKER: Slumdog Millionaire

Earlier, after losing his fourth successive toss and being asked to bat, Scotland captain Ryan Watson, who scored a total of 17 runs in three previous outings in the tournament, continued his wretched form when he was caught by Ssemanda at mid-wicket off Seiga for 11.

BBC: Uganda sunk by McCallum century

Despite a wretched run of four straight league defeats, punctuated by a commendable Challenge Cup win at Bradford, the Black and Whites got off to a great start as reverse passes from Kirk Yeaman and Willie Manu sent Briscoe clear for a sixth minute opener.

BBC: Hull 40-14 Castleford

In private, Mr Clegg still supports reform of the NHS, including greater use of non-state providers (though he thinks the political presentation of the reforms by the Tory health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has been wretched, and that the changes could have been achieved without new legislation).

ECONOMIST: Bagehot