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The fact that it was a parlor game, not pointillism, that inspired the lyric is proof of Sondheim’s credo that “playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious.”

With solemn authority, the tall ebony clock in the corner of Lord Fredrick’s study struck five.

She appeared solemn during the hearing, at one point reportedly lifting her cuffed hand to wipe away a tear, and left without talking to reporters.

Much of the public wanted a different take on war - and one that challenged solemn pieties at the heart of Official Remembrance.

King Charles led the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations, laying a wreath at the solemn ceremony held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London.