Having just consumed a bottle of wine (ok, I added a dab to the pasta sauce and Mrs S. sniffed half a glass) I'm bound to ask 'why do people take drugs?' There are, of course, many ans… (View Post)

Surely this is ignoring the problem. "If they cannot take drugs without also committing crimes, injecting in public places or camping on the street" it's because they're cannon fo… (View Post)

Good man. You'll get your reward in heaven if not in Manchester. My favourite Mancs pub is Peveril of the Peak. Wonderfully preserved on a triangular plot worth trillions: https://www.tripadviso… (View Post)

Royalty don't go to Australia in August. They go in January. They're not stupid. (View Post)

Apropos nothing in particular I've just had a drunken reverie in which Brighton were top of the Premier League. I promise not to touch Montepulciano d'Abruzzo ever again. (View Post)