Blerrr. I’ve got the Autumn lurgy that people are coughing up all over the tube so I’ve been at home feeling sorry for myself. Having eaten all the pasta in the house I ordered myself a takeaway and got a pleasant surprise.

No my local Chinese hadn’t muddled my order with a family of five’s down the road. But they did deliver my modest order in a cardboard box. I always wondered why the cute boxes New Yorkers eat Chinese out of in the movies have never caught on here. This robust carry case isn’t quite the same, but it’s much nicer than a greasy plastic bag.