Dutch cycling culture is quite interesting. It is quite different from ours. It is almost all on knackered old bikes at speeds barely more than running pace. Which, in generalised journey cost terms … (View Post)

I saw an interesting map recently: the UK consumption of sugar is on the low side compared to European averages. Clearly this is just one measure, but I'd always thought this quite a good proxy … (View Post)

@viewcode - sympathies, if it was you lamenting your dental misfortunes. I've just been to the dentist, and will be one tooth lighter this time tomorrow - almost unbelievably, I managed to break… (View Post)

In all honesty, I thought the gradually-increasing-age-of-legality was quite clever, as it doesn't take away anyone's existing rights. I still thought it fundamentally wrong, though - in ge… (View Post)

Which was equally depressing. (View Post)