Recently I went on holiday. Twice. The second trip was to Germany and France. I learned many things on this trip:

• The RX-8 R3 is spades better on track than the original.

• Catfights and Spotlights is way better than Taller in More Ways.

• Actually, Catfights and Spotlights is a genuinely good album.

• Oh God… I like the Sugababes. Bitch is changing me, man.

• After realising the above, a nervous listen to Counting Crows confirms I still like real music. Phew!

• The most ironic of all ironies is thinking “Wow, how do a ferry company operate charging £29 per ticket?”, then finding out they’ve gone bust when you turn up to cross the channel.