FPT: More to the point it's Shakespeare's birthday*. An Englishman we can all be proud of. Benpointer's idosyncratic list of greatest English men and women, in no particular order: Wil… (View Post)

I'm sure I heard it somewhere else yesterday. And the day before, and... (View Post)

Say it ain't so: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Traders-Placed-430M-Bets-Minutes-Before-Trump-Extended-Iran-Ceasefire.html (View Post)

Also, from time to time he paints himself into a corner and refuses to admit it. Which is usually very amusing. (View Post)

I encourage those who despair at the abject state of the country, and who hark back to former glories, to watch the C4 two-part documentary* on Suez https://www.channel4.com/programmes/suez-24-hours-… (View Post)