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PREMIUM David Donaldson spotted this rather articulate glove displaying its thoughts atop a railing in Hyndland Road. He wonders if it’s a message bidding a fond farewell to 2020, or perhaps a suitably salty salutation to welcome new lockdown restrictions. Lorra Lauras WATCHING the TV news can be a dispiriting affair, points out David Kirkwood. Though not always for the obvious reasons. “What is it with BBC Scotland that they cannot have enough presenters named Laura?” harrumphs our reader, before proceeding to list such notable anchor women as Laura Maxwell, Laura Miller, Laura Mac...

HAVE you ever visited the Louvre, back when Anglo-French relations allowed such things, and found yourself in the gallery where the Old Masters are displayed? There you will discover a particularly well executed sketch by da Vinci, which goes by the name of the Mona Lisa. As this is a rather famous little etching, we may as well dispense with formalities and call her Mona. What art lovers usually do when visiting the Louvre is check out Mona’s enigmatic smile for a couple of minutes, then move on to glance at other paintings. (It’s the Louvre. They’ve got one or two.)

Sofa so good THE Herald recently reported that £50 billion of UK currency is missing, which the Bank of England has been unable to trace. John Murphy from Cumbernauld has given the matter some serious thought: “Has the Bank of England tried rummaging down the back of their sofa?” he enquires. “I’m always finding interesting stuff down the back of mine. Last week alone I discovered a rusty fork, a five pence piece and a Christmas Radio Times from 1977. The Radio Times was particularly valuable as it lists the exact same programmes and films that are being broadcast this year.”