Porridge was brilliant. The humour hasn't dated, though you couldn't get away with it nowadays. Definitely in the top 30 of Britosh sitcoms. In common with the best sitcoms, conveys far mor… (View Post)

Why else would people vote for Brexit? People didn't vote for it out of nihilism or spite. My view is that my kids and grandkids will be better off with the UK out of the EU. (Or, less simply, t… (View Post)

Well it's very slight. What's best for my kids and grandkids is in general also better for everyone else's. My kids are still young - I'm not voting with the knowledge of, e.g., m… (View Post)

No, I know Halifax a bit, and now you mention it you're right. It didn't feel like Halifax. I just put it down to being 60 years ago and assumed it was a bit of the town I didn't know.… (View Post)

Yes, I believe you (@Leon) have plans to visit the North of England this Autumn? Maybe you could bring her with you. And show her, inter alia, Chester, Nantwich, Clitheroe, Lancaster, Lytham, Kendal,… (View Post)