Often the most maligned of meals, Ella Walker wonders whether a working lunch can ever be truly enjoyable. Whether you re now a seasoned homeworker, or have been travelling in every day throughout the last year - we ve all got to eat lunch. And undoubtedly, it can get monotonous. be it sandwiches and crisps, a toastie, a microwaved bowl of soup, a cold and congealed supermarket pasta salad, maybe a tray of takeout sushi or noodles as a treat on a Friday. Making lunch feel fun or interesting, or even just slightly different to yesterday, tends to be a Herculean feat of ingenuity, forward planning and having eons of time to play with. You can see why we so often resort to plastic-wrapped stuff, or yet another cheese and tomato bagel - it s stress-free and eaten in moments. No fuss, no palate worries, but also, no fun.
Steve Coogan as Tommy Saxondale
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In Alan Partridge’s Noughties wilderness – the years between his failed bouncing back, seen in the 2002 series I’m Alan Partridge, and his more empathetic return, which began with 2010’s Mid Morning Matters and continues with the new series of This Time – another of Steve Coogan’s creations rode into town (well, Stevenage).
He arrived in a Boss 351 Mustang, rocking a pair of Wrangler ProRodeo jeans and Dunlop green flash pumps. All hail Tommy Saxondale, roadie to the guitar gods-turned-pest control operative and free-thinking wisdom-imparter.
Tommy was also the star of his own BBC Two sitcom, Saxondale, co-written by Coogan and Neil MacLennan, which ran for two series in 2006 and 2007. As with some of Coogan’s other characters – the Portuguese heartthrob Tony Ferrino; spoof horror anthology host Dr. Terrible; and the motley crew of characters from Coogan’s Run – Saxondale is perhaps overshadowed by the sheer comedi
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It’s Wednesday. You know what Wednesday means? It means it’s time to Say Stuff That Suits The Music!
Dave plays the tracks and Dermot says whatever comes into his head.
This week we hear from a singing
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Could this be the end of Aldi s beloved budget knock-offs ? M&S s legal battle with Aldi over its £4.99 Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake could see more popular items in line for the chop, say retail experts (but can YOU tell the real from cheeky copies?)
Lower-cost alternatives could now be under threat, after Marks & Spencer started legal action against Aldi
M&S claim that its rival s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringes its trademark on Colin the Caterpillar
Experts say M&S is unlikely to win because it would have to prove consumers were sufficiently confused
But they say an M&S victory would be a can of worms, because it won t end, it will be product after product