Tucked away in the garden at the British Embassy in Washington DC, a mini "magic circle" was a head ... But much of that was predictable, unlike the noise which baffled us all in the embassy gardens.

Tucked away in the garden at the British Embassy in Washington DC ... unlike the noise which baffled us all in the embassy gardens.

The trip to the magic circle came at the end of a week in Washington DC packed full of political noise. But much of that was predictable, unlike the noise which baffled us all in the embassy gardens.