Mealworm dumplings and virtual reality: the best date ever?

The Shuffle festival in east London runs until this Saturday, and its science programming is genuinely exciting. And that's before we get to eating worms ...

It was about the time that the starter arrived that I began to fear for my four-month-old marriage.

Let's be clear: I hadn't exactly lied to my husband. I had told him that I was taking him out to lunch and then to see a short film.