o/t but some nice archaeology - a reassessment of the Neandertal funeral flowers theory that is less convinced about the wreaths etc than some (the pollen evidence might be from burrowing bees), but … (View Post)

Point of order: Roman Empire language was Latin in the western empire; Greek in the eastern empire. Or, later, Greek full stop when the western empire was lost. (View Post)

Not to worry - it's the ones who don't at least sometimes do that that we need to worry about ... (View Post)

Difficult if you're used to writing novels full of sex, er romantic, scenes, I expect. Think of all the false starts. (This may be unfair. I have never read any of her works. Not a criticism, ju… (View Post)

One point: I'd take very seriously any training for trustees, even if it is the charity equivalent of what is sometimes decried as HR and woke stuff. As I understand it, the law about charity tr… (View Post)