My school setted by maths only, so for the only other compulsory subject - English - you were with people who were as good as you at maths. I was in maths set 1, which was an interesting English clas… (View Post)

I don't really understand who is buying these cars, or even leasing them. I'm pretty comfortably off - not top 1%, certainly, but probably top 10% - and I'd never pay more than £20k fo… (View Post)

I think given the last 500 years of Russian history its safe to assume the regime will be malevolent. (View Post)

Mixed feelings about Glastonbury. On one hand, £350 for a ticket to hang around in the smuggest place in the country for a line up which is considerably more mainstream than it was in my day (Elton J… (View Post)

I don't think that's fair. The Brits in Dubai I know are all perfectly pleasant, though it's a small sample. But none of them are likely to be attracting the attention that the ghastli… (View Post)