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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: J. M.W.'s brilliance was evident in this respect. Artists feared being hung near Turner's (1775-1851) hues. Sir Thomas Lawrence, a portrait painter, was horrified to learn that Turner's Cologne had been positioned between two of his portraits at the annual Royal Academy exhibition of 1826.

Despite its Indian roots, Curry House's Chicken Tikka Masala is now one of a number of dishes that were unexpectedly born in the United Kingdom. But did you know that a vast smorgasboard of unexpected global food and drink - from fizzy water to the seemingly Italian lasagne - were first created on the British isles? We've compiled a map of these dishes from Glasgow, Tikka Masala's birthplace, to Hampshire, where some have argued that the pasta dish lasagne comes from.