Hooray! In Sweden, it’s “Fat Tuesday”.

My friend Brian Jones brings me news of how they celebrate the day before lent in Sweden. In a land more associated with sensible things like flat-pack furniture and the invention of the seat belt, they’ll be troughing into semlor. These confections are – get this – large sweet buns, crammed full of almond paste, whipped cream and topped with sugar. Isn’t that fantastic? Get a few of those down you and forty days of self-denial won’t seem quite so bad. There are few things in life I love more than cakes and reggae, so let’s play a seldom-heard tune that celebrates the glorious majesty of both.