Gordon stayed exactly the same in my estimation. I don't think Mrs. Duffy was asking an unreasonable question - why is my town so much more full of foreigners than it used to be? - and I don… (View Post)

Kneeling Starmer is the first image of him which comes to mind when I think of him. Rather a leader like Rishi who can't do politics than one like Starmer who can do it all too well. The second … (View Post)

She believed herself to be virtuous. And because she was virtuous, what she actually did must have been the right thing. (View Post)

Presentattional norms which you don't even notice until someone unaccountably fails to conform to them. (View Post)

We didn't have any amusingly named teachers that I remember. But some had an amusing appearance. Particularly together. The physics department had a man who was absurdly tall, thin, and ginger, … (View Post)