(Meanwhile, I like to prepare things from recipes that surprise and delight people.) Well, his finickiness rubbed off on my kids, until it got to the point I heard complaints about every single meal I made. So I challenged them to come up with one meal they could all agree on, and they couldn't even find accord with pizza. So I stopped cooking at home once the kids were all able to fend for themselves and didn't resume until after my divorce.

He was awesome after the first TV debate in Manchester, spinning like a top, reducing Tories such as George Osborne to the role of open mouthed onlookers. Yet it feels as if Mandelson's fighting a cautious, safety first 2001 campaign when in 2010 a Labour Party second or third in the polls needs to take risks. Labour must be bolder, to make a positive case for votes.

There are two girls on the corner of Constance Road. The officers recognise one, but not the other. PC McCarthy asks for her name and address. Just when you think that gas sta