With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which went almost un-noticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully aged 83.

The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into his coffin. They put his left leg in . . . and things just started to go downhill from there.