"Come, Cranston," suggested Whilton, seeking to turn to a more cheerful subject.

Conversation limited to cheerful subjects -" "No scandal, no gossip?

Maybe they prefer to address the serious themes - marital disaster, midlife crisis, terrorism - because more cheerful subjects can so easily be dismissed as idle entertainment.

To move on to more cheerful subjects, Rex Lau's low reliefs carved in hydrostone and painted with a gentle, Impressionistic brush stroke are very good indeed.

Why didn't you choose a cheerful subject, instead of telling how a man who was dead lost his red head?

There were gutteral objections on the part of the other Russians, and they turned to more cheerful subjects of talk.

Pat cast around for a more cheerful subject.

Glass was trying to steer him on to a more cheerful subject.

And then, because she hardly knew what to say, and also to turn Digory's mind to cheerful subjects, she asked: "Is Mr Ketterley really mad?"

Let's go on to a more cheerful subject.