I know a lot of adults out there add a drop of whisky to their late night milky beverage but this recipe I came across has a very distinct Christmassy feel to it and there’s no need for milk.

There’s enough to serve four people but it’s easy enough to up or down the measurements depending on how many people you’re making it for. As the main ingredient in this is water it’s ideal over Christmas when maybe you want a hot chocolate drink but are running short of milk.

Definitely one for Halloween parties or cold, hungry kids when they return from tricking and treating. Suspect most kids would prefer it without the blue cheese (likewise, vegans!). On the other hand, if you’re having an adult Halloween party then the blue cheese just adds another dimension

The Earth has been much warmer and much colder than it is today.

There was a time when a hippopotamus bathed in a lake in Wales, a time when the entire Earth was a snow ball.

Long before Australapithecines walked on the Savanna of Africa, the climate of the Earth had gone through numerous changes. Ice Ages, hot spells, times of extreme volcanic activity, times of raging rivers.

There were tiimes when the air teemed with life, times when the only life was underground.

All these changes happened millions of years before a man lit a fire.