There is simmering panic in the aisles of supermarkets across the land: wheat prices are soaring, the cost of rice has gone through the roof and the average family's food bill has taken a substantial hike in recent months.
So that's it, then. Barring some miracle, such as a team of British broadcasting executives being placed in charge of the vote, Hillary Clinton could be nearing the end of her run at the presidency.
Ethical Living: It was one of the more unusual gifts we got that year: circular sections of black plastic and a white package that squirmed of its own accord. Since then, five years ago, the insects in our wormery have chomped their way through countless veg peelings and tea bags.
Review: This billing should really have been enough to draw a bigger audience for Wednesday’s early-evening concert. And the fact
that world-renowned violinist Midori performed such an intriguing programme quite so brilliantly made it even more disappointing that there were not more members of the general public there.
Harrison Ford won’t be following in the footsteps of friend Sean Connery – he’s ready for another adventure as Indiana Jones, he tells Anthony Breznican.
Harry Reid: Have the eunuchs taken over the bordello? I ask the question because the man who probably knows more about British politics than anyone else alive, the redoubtable Professor Anthony King, recently described Scottish MPs as being in effect "eunuchs".
Anne Johnstone: At the Shriner Temple in Indianapolis, the giant helium balloons spelled out HILLARY as Tom Petty belted out: "I won't back down" on the sound system.