I'm skint, I'm disorganised and it's nearly New Year. I don't think I'm alone in having a small panic about what to do for the big night. And I am not, repeat not, spending it at some shabby house party drinking cheap booze from a plastic glass, listening to someone else's iPod selection and wondering if the beaten up sofa in the corner is where I'll wake up in January 2009. No, I want to wear a glitzy dress, sparkle in a bar someone and drink something fun from a real glass and see lots of strangers faces, all smiling and basking in the general warmth this time of year generates. In short, I want to go out for New Years Eve. And the best way to do it on the cheap (ie not paying club entrance and extortinate bar bills) is by spending New Years …

Confused by wine? There are quite a few of us who can’t tell their Chablis from their Chardonnays (no need to be ashamed!) and find ourselves stuttering when we’re amidst wine connoisseurs. Who knew just a little bottle of fermented grapes would be so tricky?

Now you have the chance to get all that knowledge sorted. Guy Henri Azam, head winemaker at Baron Philippe de Rothschild winery, and fellow wine expert Philip Goodband are hosting a webchat to demystify the concept. From good buys to ones best avoided, and how to recognise which wines are best whilst wandering the aisles of your local off licence.

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Now I don’t mean to scare you, but I think robots may be trying to take over the world – or the UK at least - I-Robot style. Yes, it’s true. First it was the turn of the ICA in London to introduce robotic punk clubbers (see Neurotic Robots Love to Party), and now the world’s first robotic barman (I swear, it’s true) is making its shiny and new debut at one of my favourite places to spend money – Selfridges Oxford Street - tomorrow.

The robot, lovingly named Mr Asahi (as in the beer) is …