Ok thanks, I did not know that. A rather archaic term then. Also, a 'direct descendant' is the one where, over 40 generations, there is very likely to have been a mistake - a deception where the 'fat… (View Post)

Rumours of your demise have been greatly exaggerated? (View Post)

Someone put in Nineteen-Eighty Four as our next book club pick. I haven't read it since c.1984. I remember thinking at the time how implausible the constant surveillance was - but now with AI and Ale… (View Post)

Shakespeare's work is stuffed full of clichés. (Although they weren't clichés when he invented them, of course.) (View Post)

A bit alarmist from the DM. It won't stop UC being paid - you don't need to logon to your UC journal to get access to your payments. (View Post)