How much sleep do you need for everything not to appear a bit surreal the next day? I got about five hours last night, what with a late finish last night, an early start today, and a senile cat yowling for no particular reason in between. I know it’s possible to survive on a lot [...]

Madeleine is still missing. Parliament is being lobbied, MPs are wearing yellow ribbons. A fund has launched. Prayers are being said, and David Beckham has appealed for her safe return. Up next, NATO will be scrambled, the FBI will storm Portugal, Bruce Willis will Tarzan on a burning hosepipe through the hotels of the Algarve, and Bring [...]

Mars starts using animal products

Mars, Twix, Snickers, Maltesers, Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way now contain rennet, a substance which is extracted from the stomach lining of calves, after they have been deep frozen, ground up, and treated with acid. It’s a by-product of veal production.

Lots of jelly sweets, trifles and, duh, jelly, [...]