I like your description of Sir John Simon. Years ago I was involved in a case where the central figure was a man of whom it was said: “even his best friends don’t like him”. (View Post)

That difficult third album where all the best tunes have been used up twice and the band have nothing new to say. Meanwhile, the audience starts to get restless. The government was ridiculously overp… (View Post)

I was going to see New Order in 2015 for my birthday. In the end, my other half got the flu so we couldn't go. A couple of weeks later I had a medical. A young male nurse was taking my details and no… (View Post)

It's possible. But I think at present the only sensible thing to do is keep an open mind about a variety of theories. In 10 years' time the answer will be an "of course" answer because the … (View Post)

I read yesterday that ciabatta was invented in 1982. I still can't quite believe it. (View Post)