Marriott Birmingham

As ever, the first few paragraphs don't seem to allow capital letters. Read on, anyway! I remember once, when training as a teacher at Oxford University, being implored in a lecture to avoid, at all costs, the use of the somewhat bland word "satisfactory" when assessing students' work. "Imagine", said the lecturer, "that you have just - pardon the expression - come to the conclusion of a passionate experience with your beloved. (S)he leans over and asks the inevitable question: 'How was it for you, Darling?'. You reply 'Satisfactory'. Can you imagine the ensuing thermo-nuclear explosion?" It's a very ...