Finger trouble! Though if you want one, Amazon is no doubt your friend's friend. But plenty of cheap and cheerful newsagents stock such things. I did check Amazon for Admiral Nelson costumes and… (View Post)

No idea if it is right, but it's an interesting idea! (View Post)

I don';t know. Someone closing down Parliament, trying to make the Scots conform to English law and practice, and handing out dodgy monopolies left, right and centre to his chums? All very moder… (View Post)

You keep adducing Henry VIII and Charles I as the models for modern politics. So, I don't think you have any argument at all. (View Post)

By way of a change, Sunday PBNature Notes (and, come to think of it, PB Engineering Column for @JosiasJessop ): through the plashy fen passes the questing Mitten Crab. https://www.theguardian.com/env… (View Post)