General Dyer was, of course, a Pakistani. (View Post)

This discussion has finally resolved me into buying a telescopic window washing kit. Climbing a ladder every few months has always been my least favourite chore but I thought I was just being a wimp.… (View Post)

In fairness to TwiX it just served up a video of a 1994 Eagles acoustic performance of Hotel California, which was a nice start to the week. Can't help feeling it's going to be downhill after that. (View Post)

Renowned travel writer Simon Winchester went to Chagos when researching Outposts ('Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire'). He was, predictably, given the bum's rush by our American … (View Post)

On canals, and probably railways too, such structures are called 'accommodation bridges', not because they are comfortable places to live but because their purpose is to 'accommodate' a landowner who… (View Post)