Things I Have Learned This Week

1. Amid the crises engulfing his Government, Prime Minister David Cameron seemed perhaps a little too grateful to put all that aside on a trip to the home of Wallace & Gromit, Aardman Studios.

2. Out and about yesterday, I began to feel hungry ...

3. Actually, the above wasn't taken in a random high street, but on a trip to a Safari Park. The day's highlight was having my faith restored in meerkats, after those terrible car insurance ads made me feel inclined to stamp viciously on the next one I came across. Of course in reality they don't speak, let alone bang on in an approximation of a Russian accent about people getting confused over website addresses.

This family included three really sweet babies. Obviously in an English summer a sun lamp for them to gather under is essential.

4. Tweet of the week this week comes from the incomparable Michael McKean (of Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Laverne & Shirley etc. fame):

5. Of all the articles and tributes this week after the death of Amy Winehouse, perhaps the most thoughtful and eloquent came from an unlikely source, one Russell Brand. Read it here:

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