• Middlesbrough’s world-renown artist Mackenzie Thorpe unveils his “Station Posters” exhibition at his home town railway station. They include “Up The Boro” (pictured).

• You should really know this already but you can’t verbally abuse and then punch a work colleague. Just ask Jeremy Clarkson.

• Tonight, at 9pm, it all kicks off on TV. There will be no love lost amid bitter accusations of broken promises. But enough about Holiday Love Rats Exposed on Channel 5, over on Channel 4 David Cameron and Ed Miliband will face Jeremy Paxman and a studio audience in the first set-piece event of the election.

• Today is Purple Day, aimed at raising worldwide awareness of epilepsy, a condition which affects 65 million people globally. Supporters are encouraged to become an ‘Ambassador of Purple’ by wearing purple and spreading awareness of epilepsy in the community. Purple Day is so called because lavender is the international colour for epilepsy.

• Today is also National Spinach Day and everyone knows spinach is very good for you. Coincidentally, on this day in 1937, Popeye became the first cartoon character to have a statue erected in his honour – by spinach growers in Texas.

• Oh, and if you haven’t paid your council tax bill, watch out. Councils in the North-East used bailiffs to chase unpaid council tax 50,000 times last year, according to report out today by The Children’s Society.