Chain reaction

Now you can catch up on the Starbucks gossip - somebody has to monitor America's favourite drug dealer according to Jim Romenesko. It's probably the UK's favourite one too, judging by the numbers of them that seem to have appeared recently. Although at the moment, Newcastle is being inundated with Subways rather than coffee shops. From a standing start of none about 18 months ago, there's now four. Maybe our local student population is going off the idea of kebabs...