For instance it's stamped on volumes of an old uniform edition of Kipling's works, ultimately because he liked it. On investigation, there's an interesting piece here by the Kipling Society, who must… (View Post)

John Harris of the Graun (who wrote some thoughtful stuff pre Brexit, for instance) has been considering the flags. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/24/flag-hard-right-prejudice-eng… (View Post)

I had never heard of barytons before. Every day on PB is a school day. (View Post)

The argument of vox pop does have an obvious risk of fallacy contained in it. I'm reminded of the grafitto in the toilet in my university department when I was a student. "Eat shit. 1,000,000,00… (View Post)

Happily the Guardian going on about visiting ****ing comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will come to a natural end soon. It feels like as much page content as the entire totality of their oth… (View Post)