We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Eat out to help… the virus? The papers reveal how Sunak’s flagship policy supercharged the second wave of Covid. Red Red Wine… ‘“Boffins” figure out why red wine gives us the worst hangovers. Plus – Well hung. The i paper has identified a well-endowed species of bat and the Guardian goes deeper.

Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Rob Hutton of the Critic and comedy writer Jason Hazeley.

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How Sunak’s slap-up scheme spread the virus – plus, The sex lives of bats revealed