At last the Perfect Meringues sequel has a title. My editor, who had rejected every brilliant suggestion we offered her, went away on holiday and while the gears of her mind were disengaged came up with Anyone for Seconds? Which gives us a nod towards Lizzie’s former incarnation as a TV cook and also makes reference to the…

I sometimes think we anglophones don’t appreciate what a rich and wonderful language we use. We may not have thirty different words for snow but hey, why give the rail networks another twenty nine reasons for torturing us? I love to learn any new word and this week’s treasure is ‘yuglet’ for which I must…