1. The title of a popular book and even more popular BBC television series by James Herriot.

2. In a spirit of political correctness, the Inner London Education Authority banned the third verse in 1982.

1. Written when Alexander was twenty, this hymn was said to have been inspired by a large grass-covered mound just outside Londonderry, which reminded her of the hill in the Holy Land beyond Jerusalem’s gates, ‘where the dear LORD was crucified’.