There are several happening this year – The Moth Mainstage, Liner Notes, Queer Literary Salon, Friday Night Live and Scottish Stories are the places for unscripted insights into writers who earlier in the day are on stage being well behaved and serious.
"The manner in which the lobbying commission has behaved raises serious concerns about whether this is selective enforcement," said Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the civil liberties group, "whether it is retaliation for a viewpoint it doesn't like, and whether it is designed to chill and intimidate people who are not professional lobbyists from seeking to change unjust laws".
If they want to start being taken seriously again, they've got to start behaving like serious people, who can contribute – in good faith – to helping their party form the next government.
However, when Taarabt was with us he played well, trained well and behaved as a serious professional".
"The misconduct was not only dangerous and threatening but the coordinated and calculated way the fans behaved was a serious blight on the reputation of football and everyone involved in our game including clubs, members, fans, players and officials".
In spite of his father's absences and frequent family moves, young John was a well-behaved, serious, and studious boy.
In the middle the serious fans behaved more typically, with fists pumping and voices raised.
Investors are behaving as if serious trouble looms.
The Labour party is yet to start behaving like a serious political party ahead of this election and our challenge to them is this: stop the political games and let's see sensible, costed plans.
Williams defines flirting as an effort to make the other person feel confident and attractive (the dictionary definition isn't far off: "to behave amorously without serious intent"), so she also advises giving an authentic compliment or offering a touch on the hand.
Let's see how investors behaved in 1973-74, the last really serious equity bear market.
