GOOD SPORTS: A band who can fill stadiums with screaming fans and headline concerts in front of 100,000 people has shown its softer side. Travis were asked by a neighbour to show up at a local primary school fete in North London. Without hesitation the band agreed, not only showed their faces but also played a 30 minute acoustic set for the small crowd.

When asked why they had agreed, lead singer Fran Healy said the band had nothing else planned for the day so they thought a visit to the fete would be nice. In the middle of their set, the band helped reunite lost children with their parents and had a look round at the bouncy castle and face-painting. So many groups make unreasonable demands before they will perform and then refuse to meet their fans, it's nice to see the human side of the rock world. With no pretensions and a bucket-load of talent Travis has shown what the industry is really all about - good music.

RAW HEALTH: Once the staple food of Yuppies in the 1980s, sushi is back on all the coolest menus. On sale in High Street shops as well as posh restaurants, it's as easy to pick up raw fish as a sandwich if you look in the right places. Scientists believes the Japanese raw fish diet is one of the reasons they are so healthy and it has even been claimed that it could protect smokers against lung cancer. As well as the high protein levels from the fish in the sushi parcels, the rice is a good source of energy. Seaweed, used to wrap up the parcels, is rich in iodine which is good for thyroids as well as containing high levels of copper, calcium and magnesium. Other ingredients such as soy sauce, wasabi and ginger also have healing properties. Like all good things, sushi is not too good if eaten in huge quantities but it certainly makes a healthy change from mayonnaise-drenched sandwiches. If raw fish doesn't sound like your cup of tea, it might be worth giving it a go - you never know it could solve some niggling health worries.

BUNNY LOVE: Hugh Hefner made his money from the legendary bunny girls and it now seems they are hoping to make money from him. Seven of the busty, blonde beauties are honoured to call themselves Hugh's girlfriends, even though they are all young enough to be his grand-daughters. Hugh claims he is faithful to all of his girlfriends but I'm sure it's not his fidelity they are interested in. The 75-year-old man is worth millions and I'm sure none of his personal Playboy bunnies are denied a few quid to have their roots done or wrinkles ironed out. But, despite both the girls and Hugh being happy with the harem arrangement, there is still something distinctly distasteful about the set-up. The girls, who are all Barbie-doll clones, may be happy to sell their services for a piece of the highlife but can they really be happy sharing their bed with each other and a dirty old man, who has admitted needing Viagra to rise to the occasion?

DESIRABLE art: Blackpool is the capital of cheese, with its flashing lights, cheap drinks and seaside tack. And in honour of the town's image as the best place to go for a dirty weekend, a new monument has been built in the town. Called Desire, it is the first of 30 modern sculptures the town's council has planned and is meant to express the 'underlying tension of a dirty weekend'.

Created by Chris Knight, it is a 7.5 metre arch of steel slabs with stainless steel spikes and looks neither desirable or sexy. Lynn Fade, the council's arts officer, said: "It is very much how Blackpool is perceived. People do come here for a dirty weekend."

Desire has been put up on the South Shore and it will be joined by three other sculptures in the resort this summer. Mr Knight has said he would be happier if people hated rather than liked his work, which is just as well really.

Maybe after a season on the seafront, Desire will look a bit more like a prop from a dirty weekend - those spikes are just calling out to have empty bottles and a hen-night pair of knickers hung off them