Re: A Sophisticated topic.
Now, now, now.
I am originally from Wales, and as such I have brought a little family tradition with me to the heart of the empire.
My little nephews and I have for a number of years taken fine tissue-paper and made a balloon with an opening at the bottom, where we hang a small piece of cotton dipped in lamp-oil.
If one actually spends some money on coloring of the tissue as well, the result is quite wonderful, and it looks like a glowing ball when it lifts off to the sky.
It was actually quite amusing the first few times we did it, because the people in the nearby town did not understand what it was. It took my butler three days to convince the people of the town that we were not practicing witch-craft.