Youngsters benefit as Tony finds heart through stomach

A COUPLE of Sundays ago I was lured, like a cartoon character, into a city centre bar by music and the smell of a barbecue in the air.

I had a few hours to kill before heading to see the latest Hollywood rendition of the Harry Potter books in the cinema.

Don’t judge me (FYI, I’m currently working on an extensively-researched column focused on the scoring system in quidditch. Putting such an excessive points weight on catching the golden snitch completely ruins the game and skews it tactically in favour of the attackers. And the powers that be in headquarters should lock the well greased back door that is the Hogwarts quidditch championship, instead changing to a Champions League-style format as soon as possible, if you ask me. And to hell with the provincial finals; I don’t care what Dumbledore said at Congress in Mullingar last year).