Actually had an afternoon out there many years ago - to see the castle and the Civil War earthworks, mainly, but a very pleasant wander around. Very taken with a Swithland Slate gravestone in the yar… (View Post)

Specially for @JosiasJessop and @Malmesbury - the AAIB report is now out on the fatal helicopter accident at King Power Stadium, Leicester, in 2018. Extraordinary (to me, anyway) work on microanalysi… (View Post)

And Black Isle. (View Post)

I doubt it very much, given the way in which HMG's blase insouciance has suddenly given way to screaming panic, like a horde of the far-famed jubjub birds flying in ever-decreasing circles. That… (View Post)

Water leaks *are* a major issue with RAAC. It's that sensitive when it gets old, apparently. One collapse was due to a blocked gutter, nothing more. (View Post)