Long-stemmed roses are still commonly given, ... and while roses may still be the single most popular bloom on Feb. 14, the long-stemmed red ones are past their peak.

It was about a month after Frances Lunsford was murdered that the first red, long-stem, artificial rose appeared on her grave. Five years later, she still is getting roses. There are now 175 of them.

And he said, 'No, Peter thought the stem was the right length.' So Peter's contribution, God bless him, was to put an extra millimetre on the length of the stem on the Labour Party rose." Twitter Icon ...