It feels like the Anglican Church has given up railing against the lost meaning of Easter eggs – it’s sponsored its own.

Is there any corner of British life that Simon Cowell is incapable of introducing hyper-competition and loadsa-money prizes?

In our jaded post-Lance Armstrong world, even the sleepiest sports are not immune to the vigilance of the United States Anti-Doping Agency. After a week spent crouched low, kneepads on, caught fish stuffed in their trouser pockets, the winners of last week’s World Ice Fishing Championship were led to a room in the Plaza Hotel, Wausau, Wisconsin, to be tested for steroids and growth hormones.

This week ive been drinking... Suntory whisky at Mizuwari

Diffusion clothing lines have long been in vogue in the fashion world. But it is unusual when the thing doing the diffusing isn’t some proud fashion megalith but a postal service instead.

Make sure you’re hungry if you visit Hachikyo in Sapporo, Japan – really hungry. For if you leave just one grain of rice from the house special, the patron will fine you. A bowl of tsukko meshi costs £15. But if you can’t manage the weighty dish of salmon roe on rice, the owner will stiff you with an extra charge on your bill.

MPs and their staff are among increasing numbers who sign up to extra-marital dating sites. Samuel Muston finds out who else is looking for sex without strings

American Express is rolling out a micro-payment system to the social network

The old phrase “workers of the world, unite thee” is looking a bit stale this week.

For the Prime Minister at the European Union budget negotiations on Thursday night, it was less the through-the-night fare of beer and sandwiches and more Nespresso and Haribo. It's no surprise to hear that as he was trying to scalp the £1trillion EU budget he was buzzing on espresso (newspapers reported there were only the red, decaf capsules left next to the machine on Friday morning). But Haribo? The little gummy bears? The little GERMAN gummy bears?