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The shops might be filled with plastic pumpkins, cinnamon scented candles, and plaid scarves but, despite what Lord Capitalism wants you to think, it is, in fact, still summer. The mob bosses of Primark, B&M and the ASDA homewares range may want you to be restarting Gilmore Girls and thinking about what you’re going to dress up as for Hallowe’en, but there are still three weeks of summer left to enjoy before September hits properly. Three weeks of barbecues, holidays, late evening sunsets,...

Some people read The Guardian. Other people prefer The Times. Or The Economist. Or Heat Magazine. Me? I like to kick back with a hot cup of tea, a warm, fudgy brownie, and a copy of the Wetherspoon News. And who wouldn’t, with articles like New Hotel Is A Boon For The Toon, Much More To Cider Than Apples, and Loo Of The Year, or poetry that contains the immortal line 'The bee’s knees? More like the knees freeze' Ok, it mostly consists of me pointing at photos of pubs and going ooh, look, I've...