The Bay City Rollers were Top of the Pops and Margaret Thatcher became the first female leader of the Conservative party. 1975 is a very long time ago indeed – and but a vestigial memory for Obiter.

But not by us logomaniacs (one of several words for a lover of words). Because as much I love creativity when it’s whole and perfectly formed, I also love its building blocks. Words. Now, thanks to ...

Musician, entertainer and entrepreneur Col Joye has died aged 89, after a career that earned him dozens of gold and platinum records, studded with successive number one hits.