Brings to mind that quote about George Best. https://www.themarketingblog.co.uk/2013/10/where-did-it-all-go-wrong-this-week-marks-50-years-since-george-best-made-his-united-debut/ (View Post)

Here are some maps of where in the world men and women might be friends with each other. https://brilliantmaps.com/men-women-friends/ Interestingly, it appears to be a reasonable map for 'which … (View Post)

A pedant notes: that's not really an obvious characteristic of a banana republic. (View Post)

Manchester, Liverpool, Yorkshire and Cornwall are all rather fine places - you look around yourself and if that place is yours, pride is quite easy to feel. You are reminded again and again of yoir o… (View Post)

I think your latter two points are true. I don't think we ought to go overboard on the national (or even municipal, or regional) pride. But I also wish we didn't go so big on the national s… (View Post)