Good morning dear reader – and what time did you wake up today? The annual turning back of the clocks in autumn is confusing and unpopular – so much so that the EU has asked member states whether they want to scrap it altogether. But now you are wide awake it’s a good time to think about clocks: how they evolved and whether they will ever be absolutely accurate. And the answer, according to science, is maybe, but it’ll be some time in the future.

It’s Halloween season once again – and you’ll no doubt have noticed the shops are full of pumpkins, fake rubber bats and assorted scary outfits. So, to get you in the mood for All Hallow’s Eve, we’ve got a cauldron-full of horror to send shivers up your spine, including witches, Frankenstein, vampires and Fantastic Beasts.

But if, for you, the only kind of scream is a Primal Scream, you’ll want to read about the band’s frontman, Bobby Gillespie, and his take-down of Andrew Neil and his political cohorts on This Week recently. The horrified look on Gillespie’s face when asked to dance the Skibidi at the end of the show went viral. We’ve taken a close look at the Scottish rocker’s career and why he thinks politics is no dancing matter.

This week we also learned about the history of scat singing, why noise can be bad for your health, the anti-smoking ads produced by one of the world’s largest tobacco producers and how it’s possible to store solar and wind energy using compressed air.

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