Just for you, intrepid pie-lovers, we have been conducting an extensive study into exactly how long one t-shirt manufacturer can fail to provide us with t-shirts before we get fed up and go elsewhere. The results from the UK jury are in, and it's a resounding nul points. On we go.

In the meantime, far more useful information has been gathered on recent field trips to the provinces. Scotland yielded a very fine pie indeed and some mendacious confectionery, and Wales introduced us to a whole new pastry phenomenon, the oggy. And from France we have a rather baffling thing which purports to be a pie, but we remain unconvinced. Reviews coming soon.

On the home front, we are now all tooled up with NOCHEX, so we can accept payments via debit card. We can not only cope with transfers from existing NOCHEX customers but one-off payments from random passers-by as well. So as soon as we have some t-shirts to sell you'll be able to buy them without breaking a sweat.

Finally, we've started expanding the who is pie-man? section of the site. We reckon it's only fair you should know what sort of filling we have before you bite into our crust. Not that we're suggesting you literally come round and start biting us, you understand. The cat manages that side of things perfectly well.