And the forecast for the next fortnight is predicting, at long, long last, a lengthy period of dry and passably warm weather. As opposed to alleging that it will improve in about a weeks' time, and t… (View Post)

And yet nobody has even been told to shut it down, let alone been held to account! Disgraceful. (View Post)

It might be the Great Eye of Fire! I seem to recall my late Grandmother telling me that, in her Mother's time, a yellow sphere was once observed for several hours. It was hot and bright and everyone … (View Post)

It's what comes of being more interested in trying to shoehorn historical figures into modern narratives, rather than trying to appreciate them and their times for what they actually were. AFAIK the … (View Post)

All the angry, loud religious chanting sets my alarm bells ringing. "Nasty, brutish and short" - definition... 1. The pathway to Islamist radicalisation 2.1 The lives of people like me who … (View Post)