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Most people think taste buds in the mouth are the reason eating and drinking are a pleasurable (or sometimes repugnant) experience. However, these tiny bundles of nerves are responsible for only part of the show. Taste buds provide just a single-note experience of what we consume.

The hourly minimum wage for workers aged 25 years or more now stands at ￡7. 20, worth ￡252 a week to someone who works 35 hours. Unemployment benefit for the same age group is only ￡73. 10 a week at best but Britain is a nation of strivers, not skivers. More working-age people are economically active than before; the employment rate, at 74% , is the highest ever and unemployment, at 5% , is near historical lows.