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New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Japenese international trailer --- WOW

Wow. You thought you were done with new Star Wars trailers after therecent, amazing one we just had? Think again. Disney has released an international cut of the trailer—one that is packed with new shots and dialogue.

The trailer, which you can see below, follows a similar thematic path as the recent teaser, but we get to hear more from Rey and how she’s waiting for her family. We get to see Kylo Ren’s controversial new lightsaber in action. There’s a glimpse of Leia and C-3PO, of gorgeous vistas and alien suns—and then Lupita Nyong’o’s Maz Kanata ends the trailer by saying “Hope is not lost today... it is found.” See for yourself!

There is a surprising amount of extra stuff in here, especially considering J.J. Abrams was very insistent on the previous trailer being the last new footage we’d see before the movie released. Naturally, we’ve broken down some of that new content for you into glorious gifs!

Rey checks out the wreckage of a ship on Jakku.

And enquires as to where BB-8—who is owned by Poe Dameron—came from, and teasingly mentions that she knows what it’s like to wait for her family. The question is... who’s the family? Han and Leia, like everyone thinks it is?

The shot of Rey speeding across Jakku is very Luke-and-the-binary-sunset-y, and we love it.

A busy Jakku market, and BB-8 dashes off as it spots something that gets the attention of Rey... and Finn, who’s joined her now! Presumably, BB-8’s seen the First Order making their arrival, as we’ve seen images of Finn and Rey being chased through a similar environment by Stormtroopers.

Speaking of gorgeous shots of alien suns, this one is also spectacular. TIEs at sunset!

Finn and Rey introduce themselves to each other on the Falcon. Wait, they go through all that without knowing each other’s names first?

It’s the Resistance Base! There’s Poe in the background, a brief shot of C-3PO, and PRINCESS GODDAMN LEIA. They look pretty concerned by something.

Leia’s not the only old face we get to see in the trailer. Chewbacca is here, and he’s here to BLOW SHIT UP. Presumably the exploding First Order bridge, which was in the last trailer, is just cut here for effect rather than being Chewie’s actual handiwork, but still.

On a forest world we’ve seen only glimpses of, Rey gets a close encounter with Kylo Ren’s flickering, spitting lightsaber. Careful Kylo, you’ll have someone’s eye out with that thing! There’s a few shots of his lightsaber in this trailer, and we have to say, this crossguard thing has grown on us. It looks menacing and awesome.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out December 18th.

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8 Bond Girls Dish on their 007 Experiences

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By Kristin Hunt

@kristin_hunt

What makes a Bond girl? She has to be beautiful. She also has to exude the sort of calm confidence that can unnerve a British super-spy who has notched his bedpost so many times that it’s basically just sawdust. And perhaps most important, she has to be say things like, “My name is Pussy Galore” with total conviction.

Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, and Stephanie Sigman will become officially minted Bond girls this weekend, when Spectre hits screens. There’s already been a lot of buzz around them -- particularly Bellucci, who, at 51, is the oldest actress to play a Bond girl -- but we wanted to better understand what exactly these three women are getting themselves into. So we called up eight actresses from the franchise and compiled 13 rules that explain what it means to be a Bond girl. Turns out, the job comes with some unique hazards, like questionable treatment at premieres, near-drowning, and possible career death. But still, the eight women are all pretty grateful for their places in the 007 universe. And for Roger Moore’s emergency whiskey.

The Living Daylights | Eon Productions

Rule 1: Let Grace Jones be your spirit animal

Virginia Hey appeared as General Pushkin’s paramour Rubavitch in 1987’s The Living Daylights. Bond suspects Pushkin’s KGB men of targeting MI6 agents, but they’ve also been after his latest lady, a Czech cellist played by Maryam d'Abo.

Hey: I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was in the running for the lead role. [Producer] Barbara Broccoli came out of the back room while I was auditioning and said, “Oh Virginia, I’ve just been watching your audition and I really like you. You’ve got the perfect look for a lead role.” And I said, “What? For the lead role? Oh my God, I’m so glad I didn’t know. I would’ve been so nervous.” She said, “Well, don’t get too excited because unfortunately, you’re close to 6ft and [the part is] a very fragile cellist. However, we’d like to write you something. What would you like to play? Someone working on the good side or the bad side?” I said, “Oh my God, bad, of course.” Naturally! She laughed, and I said, “Can I have a great big gun and crawl across rooftops in a spandex jumpsuit?” Like Grace Jones did [in A View to a Kill]. She laughed and laughed. And she said, “Well I can’t promise you the gun and spandex jumpsuit and crawling across rooftops, but we will write you something.”

Live and Let Die | Eon Productions

Rule 2: Yield to the Hollywood hype machine

Jane Seymour appeared as Solitaire, the virginal tarot card reader who catches Bond’s eye while he’s tracking a New Orleans gangster, in 1973’s Live and Let Die.

Seymour: [After I got the part] I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone for two and a half weeks. And they had a famous photographer photograph me and make me look like I was the sexiest thing on the planet. He also had to write these articles about me, like a three-page thing for when it came out about how they’d searched the world and they’d found the sexiest woman alive. Of course I wasn’t at all, I was this very innocent 20-year-old. It was terribly embarrassing because he wrote things like I liked to run naked through long grass, which was printed and became the first of my many factoids: things I can’t get rid of that were published that have nothing to do with me. My father, being a rather practical OB-GYN, pointed out to me that if I ran naked through long grass, I would cut myself.

Diamonds Are Forever | Eon Productions

Rule 3: Kick Sean Connery in the nuts

Trina Parks was the first African-American actress to appear in any Bond film. She played a bodyguard named Thumper, whose partner was naturally Bambi, in 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever.

Parks: After Sean brings me down off the rock, and you know, I put my arms around him, like I’m flirting before I kick him in the groin. Well I was being very careful for a couple of takes, and then I remember Mr. Hamilton saying, “Trina, why are you being so soft?” Because they knew I had more strength. And I said, “Oh, well I didn’t want to hurt him.” [Director] Guy Hamilton starts laughing and says, “You know he has a cup on, right?” So then for the next couple shots after that, I really did it.

You Only Live Twice | Eon Productions

Rule 4: When not kicking Connery in the nuts, marvel at the man’s magnetism

Karin Dor played Helga Brandt, the “secretary” of a SPECTRE associate in 1967’s You Only Live Twice. She attempts to kill Bond, but when she fails, she’s dropped into a tank of piranhas.

Dor: I had never seen Connery in a picture before... but my agent was addicted to Connery. When we were watching him rehearsing, I thought, “I don’t think he’s so exciting.” I thought he was nothing to flip your wig over. And then they hit the clapboard and the cameras were rolling, and he was another man. He wouldn’t give everything in rehearsal, but when the cameras were on, he was unbelievable.

The Man with the Golden Gun | Eon Productions

Rule 5: Try not to sweat

Britt Ekland portrayed Mary Goodnight, Bond’s assistant in Bangkok, in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun.

Ekland: The only direction I ever had was that a Bond girl doesn’t sweat -- she glows.

Diamonds Are Forever | Eon Productions

Rule 6: Try not to drown

Trina Parks: The water scene probably wouldn’t be done today. We dive into the water, and Bond has to keep us down while the FBI people come running in and start talking. And we stayed underwater. It’s not like we got up, went to our dressing rooms, and they did another scene. We were underwater the whole time. Really! I was like, “Can’t you shoot them and then us?”

Live and Let Die | Eon Productions

Rule 7: Duck!

Jane Seymour: There was a scene where we were being shot at by machine guns. They came and said, “OK, you lie down here in the sand. This is where you have to be. It’s very important, it’s a close-up on you, which means you have to be exactly there and Roger [Moore] has to be exactly there.” So they placed me and said, “OK, action.” And all of a sudden, these explosives start detonating between my fingers [simulating bullet strikes]. They never told me the explosives were there between my fingers. I could’ve blown my hands off. And they fired a live machine gun within two feet of my ears from behind me. As Roger described it in his book, I literally buried my head in the sand like a bloody mole. Like, “Aaaah!” [Laughs] And then after that, we watched the movie and all the scenes where they were firing machine guns at us, whenever I’m moving from A to B, you can see my hands coming up to my ears to block out the noise.

Octopussy | Eon Productions

Rule 8: Find an ass double

Kristina Wayborn played Octopussy’s top soldier, Magda, in the eponymous 1983 film. After they sleep together, Bond famously asks her about her unusual tattoo.

Wayborn: When I did that insert in the bed -- that little Octopussy tattoo -- I had left. I wanted to go have fish & chips at the cafeteria. So I asked this one girl, “Hey, do you want to be my bum?” And she said, “Yeah! Yeah I do!” I said, “Have at it.” So when they pan down to that little tattoo, that’s not me. That was her and I was eating fish & chips.

Octopussy | Eon Productions

Rule 9: Follow Dr. Moore’s orders

Kristina Wayborn: I remember this maharaja’s palace where we stayed and I was on the top floor. Roger Moore and his wife Luisa were downstairs. I remember somebody was getting very ill from the water there, and that maybe they had to ship them off via ambulance, and so we were all deathly afraid that something was going to happen to us. I got up one morning and brushed my teeth, and kinda forgot. So I freaked out, and Roger and Luisa heard me downstairs. Roger came up in his robe with a big bottle of Jack Daniel's and said, “Oh darling, do gargle and swallow.” He was thinking he was disinfecting me or something.

The World Is Not Enough | Eon Productions

Rule 10: Make the most of the premiere party

Serena Scott Thomas portrayed Dr. Molly Warmflash, a physician who clears a badly injured Bond for duty after he seduces her into a doctor’s note, in 1999’s The World Is Not Enough.

Scott Thomas: They flew my husband and I out to London to the premiere of the movie, and it was done in the same style as the movie. The way the whole James Bond franchise is done -- just the utmost style and luxury. Everybody really dresses up for those premieres. It’s very fun. A lot of men are in black tie and the girls are wearing party dresses. It’s just an occasion. I think nowadays, everything’s so casual, it’s very refreshing when you go to an event like that. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but it’s just a lot of fun. And the party was incredible.
Jane Seymour: They didn’t provide a car for me to go to the premiere, so I just hired a local taxi service to take me. But of course, because it wasn’t a fancy limo, it couldn’t come anywhere near the theater to pick me up afterwards and get me to the party. So I was stranded. I eventually got to wherever the party was, and they put me at the worst table. They put me with the accountants in the back room. And then Roger Moore found me and said, “What the hell are you doing sitting here?” I said, “This is where they put me.” He was furious, and he brought me to where his table was. But I was not well looked-after, that was for sure. It was weird. You’d have thought that the leading lady of a Bond film would at least have a car to take her to the premiere and at least be given a table somewhere near where everyone else who made the movie was. But the accountants were very nice people.

Live and Let Die | Eon Productions

Rule 11: Prepare for the unexpected backlash

Before Bond becomes fixated on Jane Seymour’s Solitaire, he has a dalliance with CIA agent Rosie Carver (played by Gloria Hendry), his African-American colleague on the Caribbean expedition in Live and Let Die.

Gloria Hendry: I was definitely rejected, quite a bit. In various parts of the country they would blacken out my love scene. I mean, it was not the first time a woman of color kissed a Caucasian man in a movie. But for some strange reason, it wasn’t shown. I got all kinds of flack. Really. And it was a surprise.

Live and Let Die | Eon Productions

Rule 12: Be famous, then probably less famous

Gloria Hendry: I did have a flurry of interviews, and people asking me to donate my time to charities and fundraising. That all went on for a couple of years, but then when 1975 hit, everything seemed to come to a halt. Things stopped and it was like, what happened? And then from that point on, for the next 10 years, it was almost nothing. In the ‘80s, I tried to start again, but it was nothing like it was. So no, it has not helped my career. It helped my popularity. I’m all over the place. The fans still recognize me. You go on the Internet, you see me everywhere. It goes on for probably a hundred pages. But as far as financially, no, not at all.

Jane Seymour: There was one movie in particular that I remember that I was literally only turned down at the last minute. They wanted me, and I would’ve got the role, but the moment the director found out I’d been a Bond girl, he just said no. That did happen to me. But you know what? It was disappointing at the time, but no one mentions that movie anymore or anyone in it. They still mention Live and Let Die.
Trina Parks: For a while there I was getting recognized. Maybe more in LA than New York. But even when I moved to Palm Springs, people recognized me -- and that was in 2002! A bunch of retirees live there, so they all know the movie.

The Man with the Golden Gun | Eon Productions

Rule 13: Own the part

Britt Ekland: I have read that Monica Bellucci said she will not be called a Bond girl and at 51, I kind of agree with her. She might feel ridiculous being called a Bond girl. But in my mind, and in my experience, there are no Bond women. There are only Bond girls. Because that’s what we were. We were told to wear a bathing suit and look good. Adore the villain or, in my case, adore Bond. If we were to go back and deal with everything that was politically incorrect, we’d have no movie history, and that would be very, very sad.

Virginia Hey: I don’t think it exploited women at all, I think it just went along with the times, and in the ‘60s and ‘70s, women were perceived as sensual, healthy, beautiful, and sexual. Whereas now, in 2015, they’re sort of perceived as being more resourceful and more independent, almost more businesslike. More manlike. Which is a shame, actually. I wish that more women would be perceived as more sensual again, because women have a certain sexiness that’s so different from men’s.
Kristina Wayborn: Back in ‘60s, women were more eye candy. But I also think Bond films always have that strong woman. Even Ursula [Andress] in Dr. No, she was drop dead gorgeous, but she had an inner core, and inner strength. And in the movies that have followed, the women have become stronger and stronger. That’s a very good thing. I think we’ll see that in Spectre as well. I think we’ll see a lot more of Bond’s emotional side, as we did in Skyfall.

Epilogue: The next 007?

Serena Scott Thomas: How about a female James Bond? Jane Bond! That would be fun.

Gloria Hendry: I would definitely like to see them venture out, to continue to move forward, and grow more with the population. I think they know that. And hopefully, they are set on doing that for the next Bond. It would be wonderful to see someone in my hue. I would love to see that happen today.
THRILLIST: Have you heard the rumors about Idris Elba?
Hendry: Oh my God, are you kidding me? That would be incredible! Oh he’s so gorgeous. I would love it. Oh my God, are they thinking about him? Well, we are going to have prejudice. Because we always do, even in this modern time. But that would be fantastic.

Kristin Hunt is a staff writer for Thrillist, and might riot -- in a bad way -- if Damian Lewis is the next Bond. Follow her to Idris Elba support groups at @kristin_hunt.

Bonfire Night 2015: Why do we celebrate with fireworks displays? Who was Guy Fawkes?

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

November 5th marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when Catholic explosive expert Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and Britons everywhere set fire to things

Remember, remember the 5th of November... Photo: Rex Features

By Cameron Macphail

5:33PM GMT 05 Nov 2015

What is Bonfire Night?

Bonfire Night commemorates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in November 1605 by a gang of Roman Catholic activists led by Warwickshire-born Robert Catesby.

When Protestant King James I acceded to the throne, English Catholics had hoped that the persecution they had felt for over 45 years under Queen Elizabeth would finally end. When this didn't transpire, a group of conspirators resolved to assassinate the King and his ministers by blowing up the Palace of Westminster during the state opening of Parliament.

Guy (Guido) Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, having rented out a house closed to the Houses of Parliament, managed to smuggle 36 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar of the House of Lords - enough to completely destroy the building.

(Physicists from the Institute of Physics later calculated that the 2,500kg of gunpowder beneath Parliament would have obliterated an area 500 metres from the centre of the explosion).

Guy Fawkes foiled!

The scheme began to unravel when an anonymous letter was sent to the William Parker, the 4th Baron Monteagle, warning him not to avoid the House of Lords.

The letter (which could well have been sent by Lord Monteagle's brother-in-law Francis Tresham), was made public and this led to a search of Westminster Palace in the early hours of November 5th.

Explosive expert Fawkes, who had been left in the cellars to set off the fuse, was subsequently caught when a group of guards discovered him at the last moment.

Fawkes was arrested, sent to the Tower of London and tortured until he gave up the names of his fellow plotters and Lord Monteagle was rewarded with £500 plus £200 worth of lands for his service in protecting the crown.

Who were the Gunpowder Plot conspirators?

Guy Fawkes, Thomas Bates, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Christopher and John Wright, Francis Tresham, Everard Digby, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Keyes, Hugh Owen, John Grant and the man who organised the whole plot - Robert Catesby.

The conspirators were all either killed resisting capture or - like Fawkes - tried, convicted, and executed.

The traditional death for traitors in 17th-century England was to be hanged, drawn and quartered in public. But, despite his role in the Gunpowder Plot, this proved not to be the 35-year-old Fawkes's fate.

As he awaited his punishment on the gallows, Fawkes leapt off the platform to avoid having his testicles cut off, his stomach opened and his guts spilled out before his eyes.

Mercifully for him, he died from a broken neck but his body wassubsequently quartered, and his remains were sent to "the four corners of the kingdom" as a warning to others.

The aftermath

Following the failed plot, Parliament declared November 5th a national day of thanksgiving, and the first celebration of it took place in 1606.

After the Gunpowder Plot, King James sought to control non-conforming English Catholics in England. In May 1606, Parliament passed 'The Popish Recusants Act' which required any citizen to take an oath of allegiance denying the Pope's authority over the king.

Observance of the 5th November Act, passed within months of the plot, made church attendance compulsory on that day and by the late 17th Century, the day had gained a reputation for riotousness and disorder and anti-Catholicism. William of Orange's birthday (November 4th) was also conveniently close.

Dominic Selwood is sympathetic towards Fawkes and thinks the Reformation was all a colossal mistake.

"The truth is that the Reformation was not a gentle evolution achieved by a few Parliamentary acts and redrafted ecclesiastical canons. It was a violent rupture with our country's recent history, achieved at the point of a sword.

"Change was effected by a brutal battle of attrition fought with hangings, burnings, and bloodshed, in England and on the continent."

Guy Fawkes Day today

The Houses of Parliament are still searched by the Yeomen of the Guard before the state opening, which has been held in November since 1928. The idea is to ensure no modern-day Guy Fawkes is hiding in the cellars with a bomb, although it is more ceremonial than serious. And they do it with lanterns.

Beefeaters carrying out the Ceremonial Search on the State Opening of Paliament

The cellar that Fawkes tried to blow up no longer exists. In 1834 it was destroyed in a fire which devastated the medieval Houses of Parliament.

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Bonfire Night events around the UK

Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom, and in a number of countries that were formerly part of the British Empire, with fireworks, bonfires and parades. Straw dummies representing Fawkes are tossed on the bonfire, as well as those of contemporary political figures.

Dummies have been burned on bonfires since as long ago as the 13th century, initially to drive away evil spirits. Following the Gunpowder Plot, the focus of the sacrifices switched to Guy Fawkes' treason.

Matt cartoon, 3 November

Traditionally, these effigies called 'guys', are carried through the streets in the days leading up to Guy Fawkes Day and children ask passers-by for “a penny for the guy.”

Today the word 'guy' is a synonym for 'a man' but originally it was a term for an "repulsive, ugly person" in reference to Fawkes.

The fireworks represent the explosives that were never used by the plotters.

In the small village of Ottery St Mary in south Devon, in a tradition dating from the 17th century, barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried aloft through parts of the town by residents.

Men, women and children run through the streets of Ottery St Mary, Devon carrying burning barrels soaked in tar in an age-old Bonfire night tradition

Only Ottregians - those born in the town, or who have lived there for most of their lives - may carry a barrel.

Lewes, in southeastern England, is the site of a celebration of Guy Fawkes Day that has a distinctly local flavour, involving six bonfire societies whose memberships are grounded in family history stretching back for generations.

Bonfire societies parade through the streets during the Bonfire Night celebrations on November 5, 2013 in Lewes, Sussex in England

The only place in the UK that does not celebrate Guy Fawkes Night is his former school St. Peter’s in York.

They refuse to burn a guy out of respect for one of their own.

Remember, remember, there are fireworks going off all over the country this week. Here are the best.

Remember the firework code!

Fireworks should be enjoyed at a safe distance and adults should deal with firework displays and the lighting of fireworks. They should also take care of the safe disposal of fireworks once they have been used.

Here are the 10 rules to follow

1. Plan your firework display to make it safe and enjoyable.
2. Keep fireworks in a closed box and use them one at a time.
3. Read and follow the instructions on each firework using a torch if necessary.
4. Light the firework at arm's length with a taper and stand well back.
5. Keep naked flames, including cigarettes, away from fireworks.
6. Never return to a firework once it has been lit.
7. Don't put fireworks in pockets and never throw them.
8. Direct any rocket fireworks well away from spectators.
9. Never use paraffin or petrol on a bonfire.
10. Make sure that the fire is out and surroundings are made safe before leaving.

Make sure your pets are safe

As Guy Fawkes night approaches, animal welfare groups have issued warnings to pet owners: this can be a frightening and even dangerous time of year for pets.

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How does that Guy Fawkes rhyme go?

Remember, remember, the fifth of November
Gunpowder treason and plot
We see no reason
Why Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot ….

Who invented fireworks?

During the 10th century a Chinese cook discovered how to make explosive black powder when he accidentally mixed three kitchen ingredients – potassium nitrate or saltpetre (a salt substitute used in the curing of meat), sulphur and charcoal.

The cook noticed that if the concoction was burned when enclosed in the hollow of a bamboo shoot, there was a tremendous explosion.

Fireworks arrived in Europe in the 14th century and were first produced by the Italians. The first recorded display was in Florence and the first recorded fireworks in England were at the wedding of King Henry VII in 1486.

The word ‘bonfire’ is said to derive from 'bone-fire', from a time when the corpses of witches, heretics and other nonconformists were burned on a pyre instead of being buried in consecrated ground.

Big bang theory

In 2005, 1000 kg (2204 pounds) of gunpowder stored in 36 wooden barrels was used to blow up a replica of the 1605 Westminster 'House of Parliament' to demonstrate the damage it might have caused.

'Anonymous' protests

Political activists sometimes wear Guy Fawkes masks to protect their identity.

These masks were inspired by Alan Moore's dystopian 'V for Vendetta', the 1988 graphic novel which is loosely based on the story of Guy Fawkes.

Supporters of anti-Capitalist group Anonymous will take to the streets of London this evening in the Million Mask March against political oppression.

There's a Guy Fawkes Island...

Isla Guy Fawkes (also known as Guy Fawkes Island) is a collection of two crescent shaped islands and two small rocks north-west of Santa Cruz Island, in the Galápagos Islands, which are part of Ecuador.

Traditional Bonfire Night food

The traditional cake eaten on Bonfire Night is Parkin Cake, a sticky cake containing a mix of oatmeal, treacle, syrup and ginger.

Yorkshire Parkin is a gingerbreaad cake traditionally eaten in early November

Proper parkin is a dark, sticky cake-cum-flapjack, not just a gingerbread. It’s good warm with custard as a pudding, perhaps with some poached pears, too.

• 4 1/2oz /125g butter
• 4oz/110g caster sugar
• 5oz/ 140g black treacle
• 4oz/ 110g golden syrup
• 8oz/225g medium oatmeal or porridge oats blended in a food processor to a coarse sandy consistency
• 4oz/ 110g self-raising flour
• 3 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground mixed spice
• Pinch of salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tbsp milk

Preheat the oven to 140C/Gas 1. Grease and line a 20cmx20cm cake tin.

Put the butter, sugar, treacle and syrup and heat gently until the butter is melted. Don’t let it boil.

Mix the oats, flour, ginger, spice and salt together in a bowl and add the contents of the pan, stirring well until the dry ingredients are well coated.

Mix in the eggs and milk. Scrape the mixture into the prepared baking tin. Bake for an hour, checking often that it doesn’t get too dark on top (cover it with paper or foil if it threatens to burn).

Leave to cool in the tin, then wrap it well and store in an airtight container. If you can leave it a few days, so much the better – it’ll get stickier with time.

Cut into squares to serve.