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Lah-de-dah menus and wine that costs more than a whole off licence: the gammon food critic goes French

I haven’t had a first date in a decade so I’ve pushed the boat out, and you know what that means: French.

Let's move to an unwelcoming market town still waiting to get paid for Buckingham Palace's gates! This week: Bromsgrove

Right at the heart of England, yet awkwardly out of reach like a boil between the shoulder blades, Bromsgrove is perfect for anyone yearning for a characterless shit tip where everybody hates you.

Mash Blind Date: 'We said if we were both single at 30 we'd get married. It wasn't a joke, Lucy'

THEY’VE been friends since they were teenagers when they made a pact drunk that one party fully intends to honour. Will Lucy Parry and Jordan Gardner marry?

Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

Joining Disney+ to watch The Banshees of Inisherin felt weird at first, but then Mickey Mouse does only have three fingers.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on... Harry's sodding book sales

WALKING in an upholstered chair at a round table with studio lights beaming down harshly, I realise that I am on the panel of Question Time. 

'They put your sixth-form politics student showreel on the news!' my wife calls. 'That's a party political broadcast,' I explain

I KNEW it had started and sneak in to see Akshata watch it. ‘They stitched you up! They got your A-level coursework!’ she calls out.

From girth to approachability: penis qualities, ranked by the Mash sex columnist

IN the horn-free light of day, nobody’s patting a penis on the head and giving it a little stroke. They’re even more repulsive than hairless cats.

Let's move to a town so relentlessly dull it has a museum dedicated to carpets! This week: Kidderminster

Everything here has fascinatingly bizarre names. The football team are called the Harriers. The local paper is The Shuttle. The carpet museum is called the Museum of Carpet. Okay, not everything.

Getting three grand compo for a fall in a shopping centre: Sarah Lancashire's greatest achievements

HAPPY Valley star Sarah Lancashire, aged 58, believes that despite the BAFTAs all her greatest achievements are from outside acting. Here are her top five.

Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

They’ve found the bin Prince Harry talked to on mushrooms and it says he’s cheapened their relationship by discussing it. There’s a photo of it looking very disappointed.