People think of waves as going in an orderly crash - whoosh - crash - whoosh, but in fact there are lots of different crashes and whooshes, all at different stages, and all going off at the same time.

Like Christians, Soccerians argue that you should not judge the essence of their faith by the loopy activities of its followers. But the Beautiful Game is in fact quite the opposite. It is badly designed and riddled with flaws.

In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

I'm a real Swede! In fact, I'm a quarter Finnish.

I don't have an entourage. In fact, I have no live-in help.

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.