James Franco.  Mmm, James Franco. James Franco's new collection of short stories, is what VgVb means to say...

The opening of Yo! Sushi. In the absence of a yummy James Franco at least there’ll be sushi in the centre of Cambridge.

Sleepless in Starbucks in Seattle with the announcement that they are to start serving beer and wine after 4 o’clock. Post work Skinny Grande Bud to go anyone?

The fi nal fall of the Walkman. Line discontinued. Dust off that one you’ve been hiding in your undies drawer, the Walkman looks set for a kitsch Polaroid-style comeback.

Christmas in the shops long before Hallowe’en. Surely all those advent calenders are long past their sell-by. At least Pot Noodle’s ‘festive fusion of turkey and stuffing’ might make the distance...

Skins USA: the neurotic, screwed-up teens we know and love have been given the American high school cheerleader treatment and gone instantly from nang to naff.