The secret of happieness

Wigan’s euphoric pastry present

Dear readers — winter is a slog, isn’t it? Relentless and dark and brutally cold. Colleagues and commuters alike sneezing on you; heating bills that would bring a tear to your eye. Luckily, there’s something to look forward to. A moment placed squarely at the centre of the winter to celebrate with friends and family alike, something you might even count down to on a calendar, where words like “community” and “good tidings” come to mind. And that important event — that event we look forward to all year — is, of course, the Wigan pie-eating championship. Happy Wigan World Pie-Eating Championship to you all!

We know, this deep into December, you may be sick of all the Wigan pie-eating content. The radio blasting their pie-themed songs, watching back-to-back pie films, everyone inviting you to the pie-markets for a glass of overpriced pie wine. But hopefully you’ll permit us one final article on this. We sent writer Megan FitzGerald to report from the front lines of the pastry skirmish. B…