On Rollo: I am a descendent of Rollo. (As of course we all are.) My Dad did some family tree tracing, and got back to some Mancunian bigwig with an unusual name, from where there was a link back to s… (View Post)

What? It's the most important issue right now. And I would take a PM like Starmer who is rubbish at everything donestically but right about Ukraine over a hypothetical one who was right about ev… (View Post)

Eh? Odd view from the Birble there. Rishi Sunak is very English indeed. Certainly no less English than Yousaf is Scottish. (View Post)

FPT: I've always hated telly-as-background. I've lived with people in the past who have come in to the house, put the telly on and paid it no attention whatsoever - sometimes even left the … (View Post)

In which subject, I came across this picture today. My admiration for the wilful obscurity of the German language only increases: (View Post)