Nearby Dunstanburgh Castle (a pictureque ruin) and Lindisfarne Castle (Lutyens restoration) also worth a look. Go inland and your faced with Alnwick, of course. And then there's Warkworth. A very cas… (View Post)

Flying a Ukrainian flag is "sectional"? Well, we wouldn't wish to upset the Putinists would we? (View Post)

Thought these lines on economic performance very enlightening. Had little idea there had been such a divergence between Europe and the US. It seems rising prosperity is no protection from political b… (View Post)

As a Brit, the rise of Farage and the Trumpification of British politics is the worst political development of my lifetime. All those years worrying about the extreme Left...and the incoming disaster… (View Post)

Not me, mate. I've always seen the Conservatives and Labour - as broad-based, mainstream parties - as affording protection from the extremists, populists, and nutters. Their breakdown is ominous. (View Post)