'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials. He smiled as I ordered Southern Comfort – no ice, no soda; he liked the idea that some things don't change.

Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.

These television spots — they were, almost incidentally, for jeans — featured a deliberately cheesy, amateurishly lighted basementlike setting with cheap wall paneling.

We're on an important journey - to support the Government's target of being net-zero by 2050, to help the country build back better as we recover from the pandemic, and to help passengers and freight users make the greenest choices they can.