Quin was not Secretary of State for Defence (thank God) but Minister of State for Defence Procurement (hazardous enough in itself). Unfortunately I can't edit Wikipedia because they've bloc… (View Post)

On a whim I listened to Times Radio this morning for an hour and was briefly transported back to the glory days of the Today programme with Brian Redhead and Libby Purves: two witty, well-informed pr… (View Post)

Furthermore, taking an order, delivering the food and clearing the plates is actually the core function of a restaurant - not an optional extra for which a gratuity might be appropriate. And why shou… (View Post)

"Make America Florider" has already been achieved. (View Post)

Ave atque vale (in the words of Catullus). (View Post)