Features is my favourite strand of radio, and there have been some crackers this year, most notably Heel, Toe, Step Together (December, Radio 4), a tenderly composed programme about an unlikely dancing friendship.
Featured works included her provocative Cock photo series and her self-portrait of a Muslim woman tenderly cradling a piglet.
He also replies sweetly to fan letters, as the Letters of Note website recently revealed; a fan called Laurence had written to him about her problems, and Pop replied tenderly and warmly: "I want to see you take a deep breath and do whatever you must to survive and find something to be that you can love.
He talks especially tenderly about Antonia Bird's early faith in his work.
This had to be treated a bit more tenderly as it is a protected species.
During the war he also met and admired Ernest Hemingway, who praised Salinger's ability to "write tenderly and lovingly without getting wet".Full of colour and intrigue, "Salinger" can be gripping.
Tenderly holding Mrs Mujuru's hand at One Commando army barracks in Harare, whither her husband's charred remains had been taken, he paid a glowing tribute to the "great deeds of a departed hero, which earned him profound respect and a special place in the history of Zimbabwe".
This is especially embarrassing for Google and Microsoft, which have tenderly courted corporate customers.
For Ms Homes, a motto.However tenderly rendered, the characters in Ms Boylan's stories fare little better in the communication department.
Ms Shriver writes tenderly about marriage, and also about the potency of blood ties, which are wonderful and horrible for the same reason: there is "no natural limit to what these people can reasonably expect of you".
The men are tenderly drawn but seem like children, easily bossed, bored and entertained.
