When, on Christmas morning, I opened my presents and found a Beano Annual, I smiled my sophisticated grown-up smile and laid it to one side. Last night, looking for something unchallenging to read before sleep, I picked it up again and had a little wallow in nostalgia as I travelled back in time to my primary school days when the Beano was a weekly treat.
Has the Beano changed though, or is it me? I think it was calmer in the old days and told at least some gentler tales? You'd be better to ask an eight year -old
to get a true evaluation, but having read almost half of my annual last night, I am going back to the rest tonight.