Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies got in trouble with police recently when he reported a dead whooper swan near his property and prepared to eat it. The birds are protected, and even though Davies didn’t kill the swan himself, police still paid a visit. “Naturally, I’ve informed Buckingham Palace. Now I’m just hoping I’ll still be a free man – and not locked up in the Tower of London – at the time of my first big concert as Master of the Queen’s Music.”