All these years, I thought the brown Mr. Sketch marker was root beer-scented. I was wrong. IT IS CINNAMON-SCENTED. Excuse me while I have an existential crisis, clutching my very favorite scent of ...

he exclaims with a grin. But Edison's nose fails him yet again when he encounters a pink, watermelon scented Mr Sketch marker, which he guesses to be brown. 'You might say I blew this one,' he quips.

Introduced in 1965, Mr. Sketch scented markers have been a classroom staple for decades. Their fruity smells — cherry, blueberry and lemon among them — can whoosh me back in time just as fast ...

It is hard to miss the fact that Gordon Brown is undergoing a bit of a makeover which appears intended to ditch his dark, gloomy image before he becomes prime minister. Mr Brown just can't stop ...

Leave this column immediately!). Now that Vote Blair, Get Brown is more of a reality, attacks on the prime ministerial integrity carry less weight. Michael Howard is in danger of being left behind.

Gordon Brown promised more transparency in government - but what everyone really wanted was slightly more transparency in the autocues placed in front of the chancellor. Thirteen years later than he ...