Lagercrantz pulls a miserable face (his natural mode is, by the way, frantically smiley).
My friend Lisa once asked him after a gig, "What is it you're thinking when you're on stage?" and he replied, "I want every single person in the audience to be enjoying themselves and if I see one person with a miserable face I will deliberately sing at them to get them cheered up".
Perhaps the young President will reach the conclusion that there is no need for him alone to stand tall in the face of a miserable fate, either at the hands of angry rebels who would give him the treatment they gave Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in an extremely primitive and bloody manner, or before international tribunals that accuse him of committing crimes against humanity.
Even Morrissey, a staunch vegetarian, suspended his squeamishness and was pictured in the press the day following the bishop's indiscreet poultry paste revelation licking his 11th punnet of duck pâté clean, a beaming smile on his famously miserable face.
Take a picture of your big, fat, miserable face.
But then last week I saw the photo of him looking sweaty and dishevelled during a miserable jog – face peppered with an Ian-Beale-wilderness beard, eyes far away and full of dulled self-loathing – and everything changed.
The one truly miserable face associated with that year was that of the hotelier called Basil Fawlty, portrayed by John Cleese, and he helped the nation laugh their vexations away.
After 10 months of suspense, it was revealed that the Walford murderer wasn't shifty Jane, crumple-faced Ian, or any of the deceased's frenemies (Lauren, Abi, Whitney, anyone who'd ever seen her pretty but miserable face).
Admit this: you'd much rather be watching Netflix in your pyjamas with the heating on and a mini Baileys or five a short distance away from you, but unfortunately you're going to have to put on your Big Coat, go outside into the freezing fucking cold and show your miserable face at—.
" Do you want to be remembered for your long, miserable face or your courage in the face of problem?
Stockport have endured a miserable week, facing such acute financial problems that the club's chief executive, Sean Connolly, has imposed an embargo on all official announcements regarding the club's future.
