Ceefax was unleashed in 1974. I penned an article at the time complaining about the monopolistic nature of the technology, arguing that the world needed more diverse sources of information, not less.… (View Post)

Maybe having a First in PPE isn't the life-long disqualification some people think it should be? (View Post)

Have the Channel Islands been mentioned in this context? Ever since they colonised us in 1066 they've clung to us like limpets. (View Post)

David Herdson makes the interesting point that migration is changing the US cultural memory and therefore its strategic orientation. Isn't the same process likely to occur in Europe? (View Post)

We comprehend the universe with as much success as a goldfish struggling to understand why it lives in a glass bowl on the 23rd floor of a New York City skyscraper. (View Post)