The football: As the latest Africa Cup of Nations begins to unfortunate characterisations and complaints about scheduling and availability, we ask if those questioning the relevance of competitions that clash with the Premier League and others in Western Europe are guilty of a little too much navel-gazing. The food: Rory's dog Hector has eaten something, and it has made him ill. Is chicken two days past its sell-date the culprit, or as Rory's son Ed suggests, a poisonous plant (the kind not-at-all native to West Yorkshire)? Email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com