Nice article, thanks. On a smaller scale, there are a couple of houses near me which have been rebuilt in the style of Edwardian/Victorian. They are quetly attractive and make me happy every time we … (View Post)

My father-in-law - a sincere and interesting man, if a little singular - once asked me whether I was a United-States-of-Europer or a 51st-stater. He - despite being a self-declared socialist - was ve… (View Post)

She invented Mr. Whippy ice cream. If that only took her five minutes it just shows how brilliant she was :-) (View Post)

Typically, I believe, bodies of water are referred to in English, where they are named after adjacent land, after the second largest bit of adjacent land, hence, Irish Sea, English Channel, Gulf of M… (View Post)

Stupid stuff. I don't know why anyone eats it in preference to real ice cream. But today I spent six hours in a strategy meeting arguing semantics.My admiration for people who can actually DO an… (View Post)