Now I’m don’t usually run about screaming the end of the world is nigh, but when someone tells me they’re going to recreate the big bang I get a little nervous – not least of all because I still haven’t finished Lego Indiana Jones and it would be a bummer to cease to exist before I can unlock all the characters.

Today there was a general feeling of relief that those boffins down at the Black Mesa facility (sorry I meant LHC) had turned on the machine without any hiccups. Great, thinks I, but how about we wait until after you’ve smashed sub-atomic particles into each other at almost light-speed before patting ourselves on the backs and lighting up a cheroot.

A collection of very cool homemade batmobile builds. The new film seems to have set off a spate of avid fans bolting all manner of stuff to their cars.

Walking through the streets of liverpool today you’d see an awesome creature – a mechanical, hydraulic 50-foot metal spider! – It looks like something straight out of a computer game, or Wild Wild West although I hate to admit it.  Flippin’ amazing.