The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has really pulled all the stops out, setting up a web page dedicated to its latest expert appointment - "the world’s first whisky sniffer dog". Golden Retriever Chaucer has apparently joined the whisky club’s renowned tasting panel in Edinburgh to "help sniff out the finest whiskies for bottling".

Take a 'spin and gin' class

A company called HospitalityGEM (no, we're not sure what it does either) has a rather good wheeze - a new craze for 'active dining' , which sees punters taking exercise-and-food classes such as 'Dates with Weights' and ' Spin & Gin'. [Ed's note: in my experience, the spinning usually starts after the gin.]

Hands-only at Pizza Express

Pizza Express has announced a ban on cutlery, which will certainly make eating that post-margarita tiramisu rather tricky.