No longer true - there's this, which I believe is a collaboration with a Cognac distillery: https://www.brennewhisky.com/our-story?t=distillery https://www.houseofmalt.co.uk/product/brenne-ten-10-yea… (View Post)

I find this astonishing, because surely the opposite should be happening? As I see it, Trump and Project 2025 makes the choice obvious - it's America vs Gilead. Romney, McCain, or Bush are all on the… (View Post)

The ideal situation is that comprehensive schools produce the same academic results as the most expensive private schools - which, I think, has largely been achieved in central London. Private school… (View Post)

Agreed. The real poison comes from the elitism - the enormous, unbridgeable gap between the top public schools and everyone else. If there were a range of institutions charging a few thousand a year … (View Post)

That's not far off what happens in NI. Fee-paying schools get the normal state contribution, and then charge a mandatory 'capital fee' (determined according to a Department of Education formula) and … (View Post)