I don't think I'd really want to be Sir Mark Thatcher at the moment, or ever really. Nor Jeffery Archer or Ely Calil. I think that we are to witness the End Game fairly shortly on that one.

And don't ever try to compare frozen and fresh foods -especially fish and meat. As Ben, the Head Chief at the Electric explained to me when I asked if there was any real difference: 'Ok, its basic science. What happens in a swimming pool when it freezes.....the ice expands and the side of the pool cracks. It is the same as the cell structure in flesh. The cells fill out when they become frozen and break their walls. An irreversable damage is done to the structure of the flesh which has changed. It therefore cooks differently. Simple.'

So I took the seabass out of the freezer today and I couldn't stop thinking about this rather unappetising physical transformation and convinced myself that it was not as nice. The flavour was good but I couldn't help thinking that the texture was ruined.

So don't kid yourself that frozen is as good as fresh. I used to think it was a snob thing. Well i suppose it is if you ignore this information.

I'd still rather be a frozen sea bass than Sir Mark Thatcher, Ely Calil, or Jeffery Archer right now, and maybe for quite some time to come