Footballs

Let's face it, for all the talk of optimism, renewed vigour and whatever you're having yourself, January can feel like another Dark Age, with any chink of light a long way off. So what better way to leave the cave of your own mind than in the company of Nick Park, the 59-going-on-15 creator of Wallace & Gromit who can make you forget the past twelve months and the eleven to come and live and laugh in the now. Early Man is a chest-beating treat and, as Park himself puts it, "a prehistoric underdog sports movie". The soundtrack, titled Early Man: (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), was released under Universal Music on 26 January 2018.

Ruth Davidson examines the uncomfortable relationship between gambling and football. Why is football so dependent on money from gambling, and what harm might it be causing, particularly to young fans?