Unsavoury though it is, necessary Serious Business first; readers north of the border may well be aware of these possible developments already, but for those others whom (like me) generally concern themselves with matters of food, sex, money, everything else in that order, it is my duty this week to point out that the desirably efficient and complication-free interweaving of…

Genuine apologies for my tardiness in posting the latest missive, but whilst the city of Liverpool (from where I had planned to report) is undoubtedly a joy for anyone still counting themselves among the living, the same was unfortunately not true of my very nicely appointed apartment, which upon arrival I discovered to have not only no working Internet (wireless…