International

Of course we do not limit our night-time empire to the confines of the UK. Absolutely not: when darkness falls we conquer the world

Africa in Voodoo academic claims end to African famine (Rousse); A disappointing trip to Africa with Thomson (Rousse); Jungle rapist apprehended by mobile dental service (Rousse); Jungle rapist apprehended by mobile dental service (Rousse);Bigamist escapes to Africa on the cruise ship Botswana (Rousse)

The Alps in Small frustrations blight playgirl lifestyle (Belle); A near-death experience in Alpine ski resort (Rousse); Alps plane crash victim regrets flight choice (Rousse)

Amazonian forest in Belle’s neighbour is top of the sex pops

Angola in Rousse’s Angolan trip

Antigua in Disappointing Caribbean climate (Rousse); Evidence of global warming in Antigua (Rousse); Rousse rejects a lover and kills a cat; Missing Antigua (Rousse); Holiday crime in the Caribbean (Rousse)

The Arabian Sea in Hairy Star Wars sidekick Chewbacca comes to take Rousse home

The Arctic in When popping out to the shop turns into a hunt for polar bears (Rousse)

Australia in Flying to Australia will always be uncomfortable (Rousse); Collie dog lies, fashion for red-heads, and a sad trip to Australia (Rousse); Katie Price’s (aka Jordan) career on the conference circuit, and a life of crime in Australia (Rousse); Rousse’s qualifications quandary; Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Sydney); How to serve Chardonnay Australian-style (Rousse); Amazing animal life at Ayers Rock (Rousse) (Ayers Rock); Parkes Observatory hosts visit of geriatric stargazer (Rousse) (Parkes Observatory, New South Wales); Snow and a new suitor in Sydney (Rousse) (Sydney); Word games with the mob (Belle); Sun protection – Australian style (Rousse); Australian dinosaur surprise (Rousse); Gay Australia news (Rousse); From igloo filmatography to sign language, by way of cliff-top croquet and cycling (Rousse); Murderer serves lunch to transsexual surprise guest feet away from victim’s remains in biscuit tin (Rousse); To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse); The antique charm of Australia (Rousse); A book group climbing hero (Rousse); ISIS ambitions thwarted (Rousse); Danger down under in Australian seaside resort (Rousse); Poisonous crabs and unpierced ears in Australia (Rousse); A tall, blonde, Australian lover (Rousse); Australia unappreciated (Rousse); Australia unappreciated (Rousse); British tourist takes to walking on his hands on return from Australia trip (Rousse); A marathon in Australia (Rousse); Fiona Bruce fake friend (Rousse); Australia best two-for-one return flight ticket deal (Rousse)

Austria in Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Vienna); Rousse messes up version control (Vienna); Peep Show’s Super Hans seeks new recruits to his “Moonys” cult (Rousse); Unsatisfactory Austrian holiday experience (Rousse)

Belgium in MacBook air design fault (Rousse) (Brussels); Young David Attenborough (Rousse)

Bhutan in Belle learns the law but is slow to get the joke

Brazil in Belle and the Bikers; An unconventional Brazilian research symposium (Rousse); Long lost auntie turns up in Brazil (Rousse); Hunting down the Brazilian mafia (Rousse) (São Paulo)

Canada in Sorry Michael McIntyre, never seen your show (Rousse) (Vancouver); Belle is obsessed with coats; Selling tickets at the Fringe and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse); Rousse defends her position, welcomes a friend and attempts to teach; A literary cousin and vandalising grandmother from the dead (Rousse); Dog and documentation disaster (Rousse); Bose headphones rescued in Montreal (Rousse); Egypt at Easter – Rousse is unimpressed; Bike transport by plane: how much will it cost? (Rousse); The world’s most beautiful identical triplets (Rousse); A heartless sister (Rousse) (Toronto); Coping with Canadian weather and dangerous dogs (Rousse) (Toronto airport, the Rockies, Salt); The thrill of flying in the Hebrides (Rousse); Toronto school reunion disco (Rousse) (Toronto); A Canadian squat (Rousse); Paris wedding giveaway(Rousse) (McMaster University, Hamilton); Canadian island adventure (Rousse); Fears of adult children emigrating (Rousse); A Canadian pork pie picnic (Rousse) (Toronto); Bold in boots and bra under tight-fit trouser suit (Rousse) (Toronto); Border crossings and spy work (Belle); Shark danger in Lake Ontario (Rousse) (Lake Ontario); A Yorkshire woman in Canada (Rousse); Cousin colouring comparison check (Rousse); The lost and a linguist in Toronto (Rousse) (Toronto); Illegal immigration from Canada to the US with a stolen identity (Rousse); Missing the ‘mont’ in Montreal (Rousse) (Montreal); First frost at Niagara (Rousse); A tryst with a Turk in Toronto (Rousse)

Caribbean in Selling tickets at the Fringe and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse); From the Caribbean to Tiverton by foot in party dresses (Rousse); Deadly and expensive, but ever so cool: Rousse debates smoking with an addict; From Manchester to the Caribbean – and back again (Rousse); The beach body (Rousse); University of Edinburgh professor is target shooting champion (Rousse); An unethical vacation (Rousse); How to get upgraded (Rousse); Tripadvisor hotels to avoid (Rousse); Caribbean boat wreck survivor (Rousse); Kneeling toilet is a safe haven for jewellery stash (Rousse)

Chile in Edinburgh house moves (Rousse)

China in Kate Middleton – Belle’s new best friend; A footballer and a phone (Rousse); Rousse is left holding the rag doll baby; Beware imitations: the case of the “handwoven” oriental silk rug (Rousse); Chinese clamour for Christmas goods (Rousse); Herman and his (twenty first century) hermits take a trip to Manchester airport (Rousse); Facilities at the best hotel in China (Rousse); The Emperor of China, Tom Forrest, an absent wife, and a widower (Rousse); AC/DC concert in China (Rousse)

Columbia in The toilet roll guru of raving (Belle)

Cuba in Rousse’s Cuban missile crisis

Czech Republic in Unexpected meeting leads to football match in Prague (Belle) (Prague); Peep Show’s Super Hans seeks new recruits to his “Moonys” cult (Rousse) (Prague)

Denmark in Selling tickets at the Fringe and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse); International cellist fails to avert breakfast party disaster (Rousse); Why Diet Coke is bad for you (Rousse); Elton John and George Michael row in Danish sauna (Rousse); Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse) (Copenhagen)

Eygpt in Tattoos, travellers and television (Rousse); Lord Alan Sugar’s babysitter and JK Rowling’s secret (Rousse); Egypt at Easter – Rousse is unimpressed

Estonia in Narwhal is cover for Finnish plot to invade Estonia (Rousse) (Tallin)

Finland in Rousse’s Nazi raid; Rousse reassesses her office accommodation and professional dress; Nigella Lawson versus Gordon Ramsey, and information retrieval with Winnie the Pooh (Rousse) Scandinavian packing essentials (Rousse); Checking in at the Institute of Directors (Rousse); Fleeing to Finland (Rousse) (Turku); Police reopen case into dolly bird disappearance (Rousse); REF submission blunder paves path to BBC2 science career (Rousse); Shoe shops, a suitcase, and a dodgy taxi ruin travel plans (Rousse) (Turku); A job opportunity in Finland (Rousse); Narwhal is cover for Finnish plot to invade Estonia (Rousse) (Turku); Why Diet Coke is bad for you (Rousse); Finns support childcare specialist spread the news in Northumberland (Rousse) (Åbo Akademi, Turku); Careers in Finland (Rousse); Beanie Feldstein is jacket mix-up at Helsinki airport (Rousse) (Helsinki airport); Riverdance outdoors plays in Finland (Rousse)

France in Two coffins for TPR (Rousse); Rousse survives tsunami but misses the talking bee; Belle keeps it in the family; Hunting for a hostel and a night of peace by the river (Rousse); Kate Middleton – Belle’s new best friend (Paris); Belle goes clubbing and meets a resistance heroine; Anti-French feeling and fossilised fruit (Rousse); Rousse withdraws her favours and is instructed to vote (Nantes); Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Paris); Going without: underwear or shoes? (Rousse) (Marcillat, St Pardoux); How to cook an elephant (Belle); Good turns in Paris and Edinburgh (Rousse) (Boulevard Raspail and the Louvre, Paris); How to get to Paris by car (Rousse) (Paris); Winning ways with the language of love (Rousse); Deadly and expensive, but ever so cool: Rousse debates smoking with an addict (Strasbourg); Danes are more beautiful than Brits – so says Finnair (Rousse) (Paris); Unbearable workloads: could cloning be the answer? (Rousse) (Nantes); Rag doll family imposters invade Paris (Rousse) (Paris); A happy job move (Rousse) (Paris); Trip to fishing tackle shop trumps rapids ride (Rousse) (Poitiers); Bog, bullets and a disappointing blow as Rousse hunts for Paris (Paris); Britain versus France: dress, architecture and smoking (Rousse) (Paris); Green greatcoat is Paris fashion hit (Rousse) (Paris); A PhD in Paris (Rousse) (Paris); Dolly Parton and a Swiss rail travel mishap (Rousse) (Lyon); Paris attractions (Rousse) (Paris); Learning to love minibeasts (Rousse); Belle’s bad night’s sleep and Rousse’s dental surprise (Paris); Narwahl is cover for Finnish plot to invade Estonia (Rousse) (the chateaux of Auvergne); Marcus Brigstocke tour takes in the stationers (Rousse) (Gilbert Jeune, Boulevard St Michel, Paris); Recreated photos of a French past (Rousse); The sinister story behind Bye baby bunting (Rousse) (Paris); Mobile phones, a model couple, and gargoyles (Rousse); Wild boar hunting in France (Rousse) (Marcillat, St Pardoux); Nantes, crocodiles, Chinese tourists, and taxi services (Rousse) (Nantes); Dumped and exiles abroad (Rousse); A missed reservation at the “best restaurant in the world” (Rousse) (Pigalle, Paris); Tall men and a surprise trip to Paris (Rousse); A wedding called off (Rousse); Snogging a smoker (Rousse) (Rue de Rivoli, Paris); Paris wedding giveaway (Rousse) (Paris); Dangerous borders river walk (Rousse) (Paris); iPhone 3 functionality saved by WhatsApp (Rousse); Paris holiday con (Rousse) (Paris); A French affair (Rousse); A slow ride to France (Rousse); Spaceship flies over Edinburgh and pensioners enjoy the Paris nightwear walk Pierrot-style (Rousse) (Montmartre); Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse) (Paris); A Paris conference drop-out skincare expert (Rousse) (Paris); Lunch in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris (Rousse) (Paris); The chance of a year in France and Marmite tinfoil in a Little Chef (Rousse); Paris waves freeze on last day of finals (Rousse) (Paris); A French language refresher course in Paris (Rousse); Lost in London and Paris (Rousse) (Paris); Neil Diamond concert gate-crasher (Rousse) (Paris); A wedding with Peter Capaldi, and a honeymoon with the Wombles (Rousse) (Trocadero, Paris); Things to do in Paris (Rousse); An unhappy return to Nantes (Rousse); A crash on the Paris péripherique (Rousse) (Paris); A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse) (French riviera); Hotel holds guest’s underwear hostage (Rousse); Diamond disappointment (Rousse); Lost underwear in Lyon (Rousse) (Lyon and Nantes); Pandemic postpones Paris Olympics (Rousse) (Paris); Belle and Aitch on the ball (Paris); A marble staircase to the Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris (Rousse) (Paris); Butter rent and Alice the drunk in medieval France (Rousse); Cocaine and cheese on self-driving buses in Nantes (Rousse); Monkey in a motorhome (Rousse)

Germany in Belle is a blank canvas (Dusseldorf); Car chaos in central Edinburgh and mixed Morgans (Rousse) (Berlin); First class to Washington with a ceilidh to organise at Buckingham Palace (Rousse); Security enforcement with Charlie Drake and sliding with Suggs (Belle) (Berlin); “Friend” of royalty responsible for lost luggage (Rousse) (French border); A sad cycling trip to Sassau (Rousse); How not to peer review conference submissions (Rousse) (Leipzig); Trapped on a non-stop train to Heidelberg (Rousse) (Heidelberg); Glasgow comedian in conspiracy to catch MSP with pants down (Rousse)

Greece in Twentieth century icons AJP Taylor and Paul McCartney keep Rousse amused (Athens); Tattoos, travellers and television (Rousse); Kevin Towler – Olympic athlete (Belle); Danes are more beautiful than Brits – so says Finnair (Rousse); Money laundering in Greece (Belle); Tipping taxi drivers in Greece (Rousse)

Hong Kong in Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse)

Hungary in Two chocolate mousses and a trip to Budapest (Rousse)

Iceland in Stornoway Calmac services dropped in favour of cargo runs to Iceland (Rousse); Online games in bed (Rousse)

India in Cruising with the poets (Belle); Gay marriage shocker eclipsed by enemy bomb attack on UK airports (Rousse); Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)

Ireland in God, fish and chips, and helping out Rousse (Belle); Mick Jagger’s rucksack (Rousse); A missed appointment with Paul McCartney (Rousse); Dead grandmother joins Rousse on an uncomfortable trip to Ireland (Rousse); A fishy tale of fighter jets and a missed meeting (Rousse); A dodgy flight to Dublin (Rousse) (Dublin, Irish Sea); Time-travelling aunt fulfils duties as a godparent (Rousse); Preparations for a stag party in Dublin (Rousse); Funding front-runner is boy from Limerick (Rousse) (Limerick); A marriage break-up for a mother (Rousse); A snowy, spring, Irish surprise (Rousse)

Isle of Man in Suffrajet ban on the Isle of Man (Rousse); A dream audit for house contents insurance renewal (Rousse)

Italy in Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Rome); Rousse defends her position, welcomes a friend and attempts to teach; Girls get a raw deal in Italy (Belle); Sex change surgery marriage trap (Rousse); A doomed flight from Japan (Rousse) (Rome); Belle holds down two jobs (Palermo); Time-travelling Rousse misses several photo opportunities and breaks a promise (Isola del Giglio); Come dine with me – please! (Belle); Italy relocated to the West Country (Belle) (Bay of Naples); Venice turns pink in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse) (Venice); A wedding with Sir Chris Hoy (Rousse) (Milan); A dip in the cold (Rousse); An Italian bathroom shortage (Rousse); A spiked drink victim (Rousse)

Jamaica in Security enforcement with Charlie Drake and sliding with Suggs (Belle)

Japan in A doomed flight from Japan (Rousse); Lost cycle panniers, and Japanese water tanks (Rousse); No toilet Tokyo (Rousse)

Korea in Exotic trip to Korea (Belle); Cheapest fares from Edinburgh to Korea via London Heathrow (Rousse)

Malayisa in A house move to Malaysia and a musty old school (Rousse)

The mediterranean in Anti-French feeling and fossilised fruit (Rousse); Preparations for a stag weekend on the Mediterranean island of Lancoste (Rousse)

Mexico in Mexican petticoats (Rousse); A Mexican double life (Rousse)

Mongolia in Holy Island Heights (Rousse)

The Netherlands in Wiped iPhone misery – with red squirrels (Rousse) (Amsterdam); Rousse goes roller blading in the snow (Amsterdam); Child thieves adopt boy scout disguise in cash raids on Lake District hotels (Rousse) (Amsterdam); Tall men and a surprise trip to Paris (Rousse); Fighting Fatty in a field (Rousse) (Schiphol airport)

New Zealand in Belle’s bare-bottom beauties; Viking farm challenge and a spot of sewing (Rousse); New Zealand miracle hair regrowth (Rousse); From igloo filmatography to sign language, by way of cliff-top croquet and cycling (Rousse)

North West Passage in Shipping innovation combats the effects of global warming in the North West Passage (Rousse)

Norway in Danes are more beautiful than Brits – so says Finnair (Rousse); Two kitchens and an injection of gold (Rousse); A Norwegian odyssey (Rousse); Surprises in the snow (Rousse)

The Philippines in Ski-ing in the Philippines (Rousse)

Puerto Rico in Rousse reviews a package holiday in Puerto Rico

Poland in A cycling trip and late admiration (Rousse)

Republic of Ireland in From drinks with the Aldridges in Ambridge to an open air party on Princes Street (Rousse) (Thomastown); Academic bake-off (Rousse); Late for a placement visit in Kilkenny (Rousse) (Thomastown); Drug dealing in Dublin (Rousse) (Dublin); A snowy, spring, Irish surprise (Rousse)

Romania in Belle is a secret agent

Russia in Dress designer and academic set off on secret mission by EasyJet (Rousse); Brighton Pavilion and the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood (Rousse) (St Petersburg); Race to rescue earthquake victim in northern Russia (Rousse)

Saudi Arabia in Filthy rich families fight over weddings in space (Belle)

Scandinavia in Danes are more beautiful than Brits – so says Finnair (Rousse)

Singapore in Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse); Beware imitations: the case of the “handwoven” oriental silk rug (Rousse); Chronology change at the British Council and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award (Rousse)

South Africa in Shall I stay or shall I go now? (Rousse); Go-go a go-go (Belle); John Lewis suitcase switch and Tiffany diamond haul (Rousse) (Pretoria)

South America in Rousse recovers from a fashion faux pas by dancing the bare-topped tango

Spain in Rousse’s trip to Spain uncovers NHS zombie and Sir Alex Ferguson’s secret chateau; The Glasgow School of Spelling, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Limmy, and a retirement home for celebrities (Rousse); Scandal of coffin-carrying caretakers and their enormous retirement lump sums (Rousse); Exam revision takes a surprising turn (Belle) (Barcelona); Selling timeshares in Spain with coconut cakes and coffee (Rousse); A Barcelona penthouse party (Rousse); Free babysitting deal is not all that it seems in Barcelona hotel (Rousse) (Barcelona); Belle and Spain have a messy break-up; Orange shopping with Jason Isaacs (Belle)

Sudan in Commune cycle reunion of sorts (Rousse)

Sweden in Beware imitations: the case of the “handwoven” oriental silk rug (Rousse); Bed and breakfast Scandinavian style (Rousse); William Morris book design determines undergraduate reading habits (Rousse) (Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås); Travelling the UK by rail with suitcase insurance (Rousse); Escalator screams in Sweden (Rousse); ‘Between the server’ dancing to the Smiths at Spotify HQ in Sweden (Rousse) (Spotify’s headquarters)

Switzerland in Dolly Parton and a Swiss rail travel mishap (Rousse) (Geneva); Smuggling sisters in the ‘bag for life’ mystery (Belle); Irresponsible pilot puts pensioner passenger at the controls of Switzerland-bound aircraft (Rousse); Home from the beach, via Geneva (Rousse) (Geneva); A box of sayings from Switzerland (Rousse); Criminal-free CERN (Rousse) (CERN, Geneva)

Thailand in Chronology change at the British Council and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award (Rousse); Mid-air knitter stalked by elderly couple on flight to the UK from Thailand (Rousse)

Tibet in A rotten job in Tibet (Belle)

Timbuktu in Belle’s random ramblings – with bonus Russell Brand

Tunisia in Settling for less than a six-pack (Rousse)

Turkey in European cyclist cheats (Rousse) (Istanbul); Guy Masterson and the Turkish conference groper (Rousse)

United States of America in Flower fairies and frat boys (Belle); New York is a dangerous place for Rousse (New York); Belle hearts big Eddie (Dallas, Texas); Belle’s bad hair day (New York, San Francisco and Seattle); Trop Belle pour moi (Arizona); Gloria Swanson and unnecessary help with a literature review (Rousse) (Hollywood); Queen cuts down official duties (Rousse) (New York   library); Duchess of Cornwall and the Queen share a drink (Belle); Tiffany Blue box “engagement” mystery (Rousse) (Tiffany’s, New York); Adulterer uncovered in New York (Rousse) (New York); Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Hawaii and Boca Raton); A car park reunion and worthy hotel labour (Rousse); Illuminated underwear and time travel (Rousse); Belle’s box of chocolates (New York); First class to Washington with a ceilidh to organise at Buckingham Palace (Rousse); The FBI get their man (Belle); New York (in)conveniences (Belle); Cruising with the poets (Belle) (New York Public Library); Lamb stew, jelly sweets, and a yellow makeover (Belle) (Missouri); Basking sharks and a bikini malfunction (Rousse); Innovative scheme helps students clear debt (Rousse) (New York); Bad behaviour and an F1 fireball kill conversation (Rousse) (California: San Francisco, Mountain View, Stanford University, Berkeley University); Rousse averts Las Vegas crime-spree (Las Vegas); Sunshine in the highlands, a glug jug, and a job offer in New York (Rousse) (New York); Selling tickets at the Fringe and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse) (California and Chicago); Macdonald clan secrets (Rousse) (California); A college education and life as a call girl (Belle); The world’s most expensive lump of yeast (Rousse); New York’s finest and cream slices (Belle) (New York); Unbearable workloads: could cloning be the answer? (Rousse) (Washington DC, Florida); Mark Zuckerberg vents anger at Harvard in Simpsons episode (Rousse) (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rousse’s killer presentation (SLA conference); Lives saved, but with a fine to pay (Rousse); Rachel wins Ross back – again (Rousse) (New York); Dreamaticus cited in medical negligence claim (Rousse); Hugh Grant lookalike lost in the US (Rousse): To America by jet-boat (Rousse); An unaccompanied visit to New York’s Robertson Library (Rousse) (New York); Californian gold prospector comes clean in Texas (Rousse) (California, Texas); A PhD in Paris (Rousse) (Philadelphia); Partying takes precedence over painting (Rousse); New York dinosaur cargo (Rousse) (New York); Rousse’s unintended drugs overdose; Body-shrinking elevator now operational in Manhattan (Rousse) (Manhattan); Word games with the mob (Belle); Gender shifting and aliens (Belle) (New York); An unwelcome extra in a New York fruit salad (Rousse) (New York); Sir Paul McCartney sings for information scientists (Rousse); Upstairs, downstairs and Yorkshire pudding (Belle) (Chicago); Hotel thefts in Hawaii (Rousse) (Hawaii); A research council prawn and shrimp feast in Hawaii (Rousse) (Hawaii); Never too late for law (Rousse) (Silicon Valley, California); Fugitive leaves stairless London office to join Texan start-up (Rousse) (Houston, Texas); My wife Claire (Rousse); What to do in New York: basketball versus shoes? (Rousse); Tom Skelton’s one man show, a dress from Woolworths, Dave Eggers, and icing penguins (Rousse) (California); Hugh Jackman hosts 2020 tech movers and shakers event (Rousse) (California); Small dog meets tiger (Belle) (California); Direct flights from Edinburgh to Boston (Rousse) (Boston); What to do at Grand Central Station (Rousse) (New York); Secret sex with students (Rousse) (California); Open plan living and outlet stores (Rousse); Gold accounts released for high worth Twitter users (Rousse) (Disneyland) ; Tripadvisor hotels to avoid Rousse; Checking out New York’s Statue of Liberty (Rousse); Flight must-haves: noise-cancelling headphones and a pashmina (Rousse) (Los Angeles); Fears of adult children emigrating (Rousse); Trapped by gunmen in small town USA (Rousse); Fine in Houston, Texas (Rousse) (Houston and San Antonio, Texas); My husband’s secret family (Rousse) (California); Texan travel anxieties (Rousse) (Texas); Fruit, vegetables and weight gain (Rousse); A near gobbling (Rousse); From drama to dental school in California (Rousse) (California); Sex, firemen and Jack Nicholson (Belle) (Brooklyn, New York); President Donald Trump fails to attract inauguration ceremony audience in tatty Victorian theatre (Rousse) (Washington); A dull metal sparkle dress for the White House Ball (Rousse) (The White House, Washington); Frank Underwood comments on flood conditions (Rousse) (Washington); Couple squanders a million on five star city break to New York (Rousse) (New York); Lost luggage in Chicago (Rousse) (Chicago); Chinese burns in Cincinnati (Rousse) (Cincinnati); Meeting a metal-framed monarch mother at the New York mausoleum (Rousse) (New York); Fare dodger prefers Settlers of Catan to Game of Thrones (Rousse); Seattle is twinned with Settle under new ‘orthographic’ rules (Rousse) (Seattle); Settlers of Catan in San Francisco (Rousse) (San Francisco); New York’s latest spa craze is total wee wee (Belle) (New York); An academic affair in New York (Rousse) (New York); Bike theft at Queen Margaret University (Rousse) (California); A lakeside retreat in the US (Rousse); Sisters, a husband, and parents on holiday (Rousse); A pee-pee peeper (Belle) (Macy’s, New York); A house move to Malaysia and a musty old school (Rousse) (Kansas); Coconut Kit Kat no consolation for crime (Belle) (New York); Accounting for poor American road race safety records (Rousse); Corporate fun (with a dodgy doctor) in Hawaii (Rousse) (Hawaii); Illegal immigration from Canada to the US with a stolen identity (Rousse); Flooded New York with Gödel, Escher, and Bach (Rousse); Equality and diversity at awards ceremony in rainy Hawaii (Rousse) (Hawaii); Tour guide drugs deal at the World Trade Center (Rousse) (World Trade Center, New York); Twin sorting in New York (Rousse) (New York); Fighting Fatty in a field (Rousse); Cholera risk on transatlantic flights (Rousse) (New York); US citizenship test queries in Colorado (Rousse) (Colorado, Hawaii, Texas); Brown bear transport to Hawaii (Rousse) (Hawaii); A fateful ferry ride (Rousse); Hairy Belle joins the FBI (New York); Umbrellas for pit bulls, HRT for boyfriends (Belle) (New York); Katy Perry flies Edinburgh to Des Moines, Iowa with unintentional stowaway (Rousse) (Des Moines, Iowa); The Stanford murderer (Rousse) (Stanford University, California); Naked swimmer’s shame (Rousse); Jennifer Aniston declares Englsih knickers ‘best in the world (Rousse) (Milwaukee); Dot.com heyday reunion party gatecrashed by secret lover (Rousse); A Playmobil partner in Sausalito (Belle) (San Francisco); Security advice for North Texas airport (Rousse) (Texas); A neglected guest witnesses wax flowers, uncovers a property tax dodge, and sticks up for non-smokers (Rousse); A cycle ride across the US (Rousse)