I'll be interested to see if the Ig Nobels give up, like the Darwin awards did with the covid era and the anti-vaxxers. Sometimes it is just nice to have the intellectual benefit of such things as cu… (View Post)
The big estates are still there, of course. Tweed and Purdeys and flies. Could they really end up a relict biota, the political equivalent of the alpine flora of Ben Lawers? (View Post)
Doesn't surprise me. Lots of retirees. But not much in the way of rundown manufacturing towns or seaside resorts, though some of the old wool burghs have their moments. I'd be very interested to see … (View Post)