A friend set off in his yacht to spend winter in the Caribbean. Got as far as Funchal and decided it was plenty good enough. Whether this reflects the superiority of Madeira over Antigua, or just the… (View Post)

You can go to sleep now and wake up with a four-hour lead over everyone else. (View Post)

For one horrible moment I read that as patient expiry. (View Post)

Do we think the people of Greenland would vote to become US citizens in a free and fair referendum? Or the people of Canada? Or Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela... The world is full of people who'd… (View Post)

Bravura performance from @BlancheLivermore this morning. I regard the ability to solve crosswords as evidence of a mis-spent youth. I clearly mis-spent my youth some other way. Wish I could remember … (View Post)