I have a lovely roast rabbit recently, delicately jointed, with its head tastefully placed on the plate. There was a degree of concern as to how eat the head: surely there was no need for a lobster cracker?

The waiter told me the best way was simply to eat the cheeks and then open the jaws and fork out the tiny tongue. Gastronomy par excellence!

Speaking of articulacy, it was a shock to read a Green Party councillor’s letter promoting Veganism: it betrayed a breathtaking moral inarticulacy. Comparing the struggle against slavery, racism and homophobia with “a shift to a growing number and great choice of vegan restaurants and cafes in our wonderful city” beggars belief. Mind you, there are people who promote vegetarianism, now and in the past: the problem is the degree to which they stuff it in your mouth.