In 1969 you could take a bus, with comfort stops in Baghdad, Teheran, Kabul and Karachi (among others). (View Post)

Far too many tabloid headers along the lines of "Who do you think you are kidding...?" (View Post)

Furthermore, the life expectancy of males in 1942 was probably about 68. It reminds me of the apocryphal story about the silly undergraduate who said to the university Chancellor "I wouldn't wan… (View Post)

Uniquely among forecasters the Bank has the power to make their predictions come true - especially in the case of a recession. (View Post)

Someone needs to get Forton's hexagonal restaurant tower back up and running. It symbolises the mood of national optimism last witnessed in the 1960s. (View Post)