I remember that! Albeit courtesy of Oxfam c.. 1985. I was impressed at the time with its clarity, because I was trying to write some instructions in my day job and thought it a good model. (View Post)

Did he make a comparable impact as a MP, though? (Just my ignorance.) He made a huge impact as a civil servant, though, that's for sure. So did Macaulay the historian. And does Newton count as w… (View Post)

Quite, re TI. Reminds me I need to reread Weir of Hermiston. No wonder Bernard Cornwell was aggrieved at being beaten by his fosterfather for reading TI as a child (Peculiar People as quoted earlier … (View Post)

Extremely ginger and hairy. (View Post)

FPT again to avoid discourtesy of not replying ... Oh, they seem to be a perfectly serious operation. I've just read an account of their experimental archaeology of saltmaking (using the unsalea… (View Post)