funkily

They usually stumble upon an adventure, help out another funkily coloured animal with a problem or learn a life lesson - each in a handy time of seven minutes so little human bottoms don't get bored watching.

O's voice has a much more delicate, Vashti Bunyan-like character on "Ministry," where an icy Wurlitzer gives the song an outer space feel, while the determined "Turn the Light" has splashes of acoustic guitars, a funkily delicate bass and would have been an ideal guest spot for Damon Albarn, whose Gorillaz have also benefited from the Burton touch.

He reminded me of someone and when, as an encore, he launched into a funkily re-composed version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons it clicked: Nigel Kennedy.

Travel My home for the trip was the trendy Yotel New York in Times Square, where its neat, compact and funkily lit rooms are called cabins.

Pulling no punches on a no-holds-barred personality, Lume's image-savvy, funkily scored work is perhaps his best to date, peppered with montages of great emotive power and abstract beauty.

The jar seen in Stilleben mit Zierlauch, or the one in Untitled (Tribal), 2010, is ceramic and is funkily handmade, so that the human intervention is particularly and fully signified.

I was at a funkily posh designer outlet getting some overpriced, probably sweat shop produced, *** for my beloved (I'm not saying what I got - I'm not that daft!) I was telling the girls of my highly organised present shopping this year and how it was the complete opposite of my usual fevered panicfest in the last few days before Christmas.

The cabin is finished off with glossy black panels and metallic trim while the dials are funkily shaped and the seven-inch touchscreen infotainment system should please all gadget geeks.

The place is truly massive and funkily done up and the sheer attitude of the place strikes you while you climb the very chic stairs leading up to the store.

On the ground floor the entrance vestibule - with the house number funkily displayed in a glazed panel above the front door - leads through into a long entrance hall, both of which have original Minton tiled flooring.