'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.

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.

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

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