And as for playing with your food – if you don’t want it then don’t eat it and definitely don’t sit there mushing it around with the back of your fork.

So when I heard about a food artist (I know, I didn’t know they existed either) who was making a living out of playing with her food, I thought I’d take a closer look.

I suppose it’s some consolation that Prudence Staite isn’t slapping her tikka masala on a pub wall with a naan bread or finding Jesus in her pilau rice.

But still - spooning, ladelling and drizzling perfectly good baked beans and mashed potato into edible ‘works of art’ inspired by British TV shows is just a waste of good food.

Particularly when my weekly food bill has gone up by what seems like a month’s wages in the past week.

She’s immortalised Anne Robinson in Battenburg cake and biscuits – well until she reaches her use-by date anyway. But I see enough of the iron woman on BBC2 after work each day – there’s no need for an edible effigy thanks.

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And at the end of a hard day’s toil, your bathroom is covered in brick dust and large splinters and looks nothing like the one in the M&S Home catalogue.
 
So goodness knows why so many of us can’t get enough of Grand Designs. A whopping four million people tuned in for one episode of Grand Designs Revisited last month.
 
Deep down we all know the reality TV boom relies on the sadistic pleasure we get from watching things go wrong - though I suppose you could argue the case for the happy ending.
 
Property shows cater to the repressed nosey neighbour inside all of us and fortunately there’s a way to let your inner Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen out.

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If I’m being unkind to the latest mass-produced offering to fall off the Hollywood production line, it’s only because I’m fed up with the whole genre.

27 Dresses is the story of Jane (Katherine Heigl), a compulsive wedding-hopper and serial bridesmaid. Caught up in a love triangle with her boss and her sister, you can’t help but feel a bit sorry for ‘always a bridesmaid, never the bride’ Jane.

But of course there’s a knight in shining armour in the guise of wedding columnist Kevin (James Marsden) waiting to woo the forlorn heroine and make her eternally happy. Yawn. 

I’ve never trusted films advertised as “from the makers of” because frankly it’s irrelevant. The formula is simple: a good film will stand out in the sea of box office tripe.

The fact it’s written by Aline Brosh McKenna who also co-wrote hit chick-flick The Devil Wears Prada, shouldn’t be part of the equation.

Admittedly I got rather attached to The Devil Wears Prada. It was refreshingly hilarious, funky and reminded me of the golden days of unpaid media work exp

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But thanks to the illusive Banksy, graffiti artist and cultural commentator extraordinaire, the death of the humble carrier will not go unmarked, however tongue in cheek his 'tribute' might be.

Banksy's latest offering to a North London street in Islington, shows three children pledging allegiance to a bag from supermarket giant Tesco.

Personally I love to hate plastic bags. They hurt my fingers, they split open revealing your toiletries and secret chocolate purchases to the world and they get stuck in trees, drains and squirrels' throats.

Since Marks & Spencer announced they'd be charging 5p for the privilege of taking up valuable space in landfill sites and choking whales, shoppers nationwide realised they'd have to action Plan B.

Except there is no Plan B. If you 'don't do' rucksacks, think tartan pull-along trollies are for the over sixties and holdalls for hooded youths, then what on earth do you carry your bananas in?

You could re-use your existing supply but how many of us have bags full of bags stored at home to re-use in T

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The five posh decanters were designed by Karim Rashid in collaboration with Baccarat, makers of the world finest luxury crystal, and the oldest jewellery house in the world Garrard (who also happens to be the Crown jeweller).
 
I¹ll be the first to admit I was there for the free gin cocktails and to eye up the shiny gems, but hey, I¹m a material girl.
 
I also wanted the lowdown on the jeweller¹s celeb clients. A reliable source told me Sharon Osbourne and social butterfly Paris Hilton are both big fans.

Arriving from the gym with wet hair I was greeted by two devastatingly gorgeous models who entered me into the charity raffle and handed me a large glass.
 
Apparently the delicately balanced coc

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