Doggerel

Clumsy and awkward verse often employed for comic effect.

To a Louse

Poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, first published in 1786.

Wayde’s Essence

Short story by H. G. Wells, about a prominent politician who learns that the drug he has been taking for the last 17 years to dispel all self-doubt is in reality distilled water.

The Monarch of the Glen (novel)

Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972), portraying life in the fictional Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle during the 1930s.

Keep the Home Guard Turning

Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972, portraying the exploits of the Home Guard on the fictional island of Todday during the Second World War.