It's an enduring problem, though. We tend to be swayed by people who are fluent and lucid, not always to our advantage. I won't bother to mention them by name. (View Post)

I rather liked Luang Prabang, though we slept through the main attraction. The Buddhist monks turn out en masse at 06:30 every morning in an orgy of drum-assisted pan-handling. Apparently dollars are… (View Post)

Mrs S. receives a generous allowance of Oxycodone (Chateau Sackler) for osteoarthritis and I sometimes wonder if it might be a suitable aperitif after a hard day doing nothing, but Rioja always wins … (View Post)

Geopolitics should be regarded as a branch of geology rather than geography and in James Hutton's renowned words there's "No vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end". The la… (View Post)

It would be a considerable help to Zahawi if Stephan Shakespeare and Peter Kellner can issue a statement backing up his recollection about the founding of YouGov and the allocation of equity to Zahaw… (View Post)