Talking of botanicals. Currently in two minds about Gin Lane from Brains. Reminds me of a sparkling wine that I once had, almost dry but not quite.

What kind of poke? Ice cream or cinder toffee?

but hers is Welsh so it’s crankier

Save ‘em for the pie.

Saw this in Betws-y-Coed and thought of you.

As a Conservative he should be committed to making more with less.

Probably mentioned this before. A chap at the old firm was really proud that his guide dog had a vegetarian diet. Another added “Is he f---! the horrible thing just swiped the meat off my plate.” 

Bring back Wimpy!!!!

it makes the Wendy’s burger taste a lot like meatloaf.

McCain’s oven chips had a marvelous couple of ads with John Cooper Clarke and Pam Ayres reciting an ode to chips (the real kind, not crisps).

 We’re not letting Anatole rate your cheeseburgers for sure.

Haven’t watched it. But I did like the look of that cauliflower and seaweed thing on Chef’s Brigade the other week.

Brewed with well water (the original well at the Old Brewery, sunk in 1758, is still in use, with the hard well water being drawn from 85 feet underground); best barley malt, yeast and aromatic hops; fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’ to create a relatively dry ale with rich nutty colour and palate of beech nuts,…

I was going to recommend Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street as a decent Smith’s pub to visit. It’s a generational haunt for my family, though I haven’t been for awhile. If Diabolik is right it might not have the same sheen.

Did you ask if it is a brechtan?

There used to be some good chess columns in The Guardian and Telegraph. I should check to see if they are still there.

Buy them a Tactical Nuclear Penguin and relax.

Pretty sure we had an hour so they could stage sittings in a semi-civilised fashion?

I’m sure we had a version of Supermarket Sweep but can’t recall who presented it. Maybe they can have a round where the hunanwasanaeth talks in tongues:)

Talking of old soldiers, back at the old firm, one of the Vets went on Radio 4's In Touch to talk about his newly acquired chef’s qualifications. While he was on, he talked through how to boil an egg - if you are blind. Audience response was split evenly between people who thought that was condescending and the rest…