Beer festivals

Having been to Octoberfest in Munich, I don't think any other beer-fest would ever come up to the mark...so when local pubs are doing their own version you have to be sceptical. Actually some are reasonable with a half decent selection of local ales...but what you really need is a load of chickens on a spit, ladies and gents in bavarian costume and an oompah band trotting out classics such as 'let me entertain you' and 'living on a prayer'

Preparing for government!

Having voted in the General Election, I'm sitting here wondering what imaginative ways there are of spoiling one's ballot paper. Surely number one is stapling a rabbit's ear to it and trying to force it into the ballot box?