Ligging at 30 000 feet

Summertime always seems to stimulate romantic behaviour in the otherwise waterlogged British public. So it was with Imagination marketing director Ralph Ardill.

Ardill was overheard on a recent British Airways flight from Berlin announcing his engagement to the consultancy’s public relations girl, Holly Browne.

But their respective other halves needn’t worry. The ‘engagement’ was simply part of a ruse Ardill had concocted to get a free bottle of champagne from the airline. At least Imagination’s clients can rest assured they aren’t being overcharged.