Heading out this Valentines Day with your loved one? It's a Saturday after all, so you can't bury your head in the sofa and pretend it's not happening. Offering up some feeble excuse that you've got work in the morning isn't going to work because, quite frankly, you haven't, unless you work on Sundays, in which case I feel bad for you.

Anyway, there are plenty of places you can while away an evening, knocking back suggestively titled cocktails and telling each other how much you love, er, each other. If you and your partner are planning to spend Valetines Day at Bristol bars why not try Hush Hush (good for the aforementioned cocktails), …

I always feel like New Years Eve has a big build-up but then it's over in a flash, which is why this year I'm going to plan my evening carefully. To start, I'm going to head New Years Eve in Bristol bars. And boy, what a choice there is!

One of the New Years Eve in Bristol bars that I'm looking forward to is at Cosies. Rob Smith, Flora, Skylion and Deluxs are playing, and for only £6 it should get the night going nicely.

Panache is another one of the …

Confused by wine? There are quite a few of us who can’t tell their Chablis from their Chardonnays (no need to be ashamed!) and find ourselves stuttering when we’re amidst wine connoisseurs. Who knew just a little bottle of fermented grapes would be so tricky?

Now you have the chance to get all that knowledge sorted. Guy Henri Azam, head winemaker at Baron Philippe de Rothschild winery, and fellow wine expert Philip Goodband are hosting a webchat to demystify the concept. From good buys to ones best avoided, and how to recognise which wines are best whilst wandering the aisles of your local off licence.

Want to get your wine questions answered? Click here …

Now I don’t mean to scare you, but I think robots may be trying to take over the world – or the UK at least - I-Robot style. Yes, it’s true. First it was the turn of the ICA in London to introduce robotic punk clubbers (see Neurotic Robots Love to Party), and now the world’s first robotic barman (I swear, it’s true) is making its shiny and new debut at one of my favourite places to spend money – Selfridges Oxford Street - tomorrow.

The robot, lovingly named Mr Asahi (as in the beer) is …