Poshness is fascinating. I know a couple - in manner, she is posh for Manchester (listens to radio 4, trills rather than laughs, quite RP, talks about the arts), he is not (Lancashire accent, talks a… (View Post)

But what's the alternative? I would argue that the choice for Ukrainians is between living the life they have now, with risks of being maimed, or the life their compatriots in the east have, whi… (View Post)

Bing's actually rather good AI tool offers this: Men’s tennis generates more revenue than women’s tennis. In 2014, revenue on the men’s side was more than 50 percent higher than women’s, roughly… (View Post)

But to answer your earlier question, people in England have become interested in women's football because of a mixture of factors: - massive increase in quality - a modicum of success for the En… (View Post)

It's often called the Surrey of the North ("apart from by people from Sussex - for whom the Surrey of the north is Surrey"*) - but you're right, I think Essex is a better comparat… (View Post)