NV BODEGAS HIDALGO, PASADA PASTRANA MANZANILLA

(£12.99, Waitrose)

This is the elite manzanilla from the famous La Gitana winery – it has depth and as regal a flavour as any dry sherry could hope for. It’s the ultimate aperitif, the least expensive wine to score a 20/20 from me and a worthy winner of our Sherry category.

NV WAITROSE & PARTNERS NO.1 TORRE DEL ORO, PALO CORTADO SHERRY, LUSTAU

this tremendous palo cortado is nutty and figgy. The finish is super-dry, with a really great length of flavour.

NV MORRISONS, THE BEST OLOROSO DRY SHERRY

(£6.25, half bottle, reduced to £5.50 until 3 January, Morrisons)

famous detective Lillian Pentecost. Willowjean has to do most of the legwork, as Lillian has multiple sclerosis. The US journalist and playwright Stephen Spotswood joins Jo to talk about his fastpaced debut novel, set in New

York in 1945. It has the arresting title of Fortune Favours The

Dead, and is a rip-roaring read.

THE MAGIC MONEY FOREST

8PM, RADIO 4 HHH

In the face of a terrible pandemic, the UK government has thrown vast sums of money at the problem, attempting to save lives and prop up businesses. We have been told many times that there is no magic money tree, yet the funding was found. This prompts the economist Dharshini David to ask how we’re going to pay the big bill that’s heading our way. SJ

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