I'm not too bothered about seeing the world. But I want to explore the obscurer peaks of Scotland. I want to cycle the Hebrides. I want to walk the SW coast path. I wlant to use my body while I … (View Post)

I don't know about that - natural disasters can sometimes make leaders quite popular. The war in Ukraine has been catastrophic, yet Volodymyr Zelensky manages to be pretty popular. It depends ho… (View Post)

I had a bloody awful lockdown. Three young kids who I was attempting to teach at the same time as working from home. But I don't take Pulpstar's reminiscences as a slight. He isn't say… (View Post)

I find these places impossibly romantic. (View Post)

To be fair, I don't think James was taking that line. We can side cheerfully with the yeomen and peasants of the Weald over their corrupt and incompetent overlords (possibly Norman?) without get… (View Post)