Belly-up:

We like nothing better than a blatant attempt at publicity, and Home Counties firm Charles Lucas & Marshall has more than satisfied us with this picture of secretary Susan Ealding, who studies and teaches 'Middle Eastern dancing' (belly dancing to you and me) in her spare time.

The headline on the accompanying press release understandably caught the eye too: 'Exotic dancing is the key to fitness.' Ms Ealding tells us that she started belly dancing because it was better for her back than step aerobics.

More exciting still is the fact that she recently auditioned for the BBC's 'Generation Game' with other local dancers; she has yet to hear whether she will get to trip the light fantastic with, erm, Jim Davidson.

Who says there is no glamour in the law?