There's a newish statue of Queen Elizabeth II on the west front of York Minster. Not sure if the same tradition applies there. But, like Canterbury, as the seat of an archbishop, perhaps it does? (View Post)

The best chance the Tories have is to select a leader who looks "prime ministerial" and is able to attract Reform-defectors who are queasy about the prospect of Nige in Downing Street. May … (View Post)

Many of the staff employed by the RSPB in the immediate postwar years were ex-services. They made for good reserve wardens. One of them "liberated" a set of naval binoculars from a U-Boat c… (View Post)

Consider him called out by me. The MAGA-fication of British politics is one self-inflicted disaster we really need to avoid. (View Post)

Ha. We have exactly the same issue. Some mornings the lawn looks like a WW1 battlefield. They are very determined, badgers. I keep thinking I have sealed off the garden (we already have a deer fence … (View Post)