I hitchhiked to Oxford aged 15, wandered into Thornton's bookshop in the Broad and startled the man behind the counter by asking "Is this the shop Brian Aldiss was working when he wrote The… (View Post)

@Leon is right and it's nothing new. Mrs S. retired over 10 years ago but she would often complain about the difficulty of getting East Asian students (including graduates) to participate in sem… (View Post)

The match stats are incredible. (View Post)

I refuse to vote because of the voter ID regs. Last time I voted Tory but this time Sir Jeremy Wright KC can fuck right off. (View Post)

The problem with Rangerotters and similar SUVs is that they're too wide to pass each other in narrow streets where two normal cars would have no problem. They cause thrombotic stop-go traffic ja… (View Post)