Grasping (and eating) the nettle

摘要

British pubs are known for organising daft events, and I had intended this week to recommend one of the wackiest — the World Stinging Nettle Eating Championship, which has been held annually on 19 June at the Bottle Inn in Marshwood, Dorset, since the 1980s. But please do not dash down to Dorset tomorrow because the Bottle Inn now seems to have closed down after several years of struggling to survive under a series of licensees.