‘There’s a fashion now for Pata Negra, which is wonderful, but, at this time of year, what you want is a whole [traditional] ham, kept in the larder,’ he stresses. ‘You can have it with eggs for ...

He didn't read the phonebook — the archetypal filibuster trick — but in a particularly memorable moment, he did read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...