Maybe it's just us, but have you noticed how many of the best new pub openings are parading their cheese around as stinkily as a rugby team with its boots off?

A little fromage goes a long way, so they say, and in these dying embers of everyone's annus horribilis, the hard yellow stuff is well and truly sniffing its way into the limelight.

First off is The Fellow, the superior new King's Cross pub from The Lock Tavern people, whose passion for cheese is so strong that they offer a special each day (Manchego! With damsons!). Meanwhile, at the waterside Rotunda in King's Place, you can gorge on a whole plate heaving with obscure insect-sounding names like 'Ardrahan' and 'Gubeens' for under a tenner.