A practice invented by old-style French compositors who would retain the letters of common phrases clipped together for frequent use. The clip was known as a cliché. (View Post)

Last Bosch power tool I bought was Made In China. Last in both senses of the word. (View Post)

Every once in a while English speakers have a fit of Celtic revivalism and realise that Welsh is part of their lost culture and not a foreign language. Hence the persistent popularity of King Arthur. (View Post)

The problem is that we are no longer bound together by a shared 'cultural Christianity' that underpins our history and institutions. Christianity used to be taught to children as a matter of fact but… (View Post)

To repeat a point I've made before, the triple lock benefits future OAPs more than current ones because it means the state pension will be more valuable than it is today and they will have longer to … (View Post)