– Shopping-shopping-shopping! Around this time of the year, it may be useful to remember that everywhere in the European Union, whether you buy something online or in a shop, goods are covered by at least a two-year guarantee.

– Meanwhile, part of the ceiling of the 775-seater Apollo Theatre in central London on Thursday collapsed during a performance based on the book of Mark Haddon, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time”.