It makes me slightly sad that greetings cards - Christmas cards, especially - are disappearing. Part of Christmas used to be the cards around the fireplace. I know it was all essentially a waste of p… (View Post)

Not much. But there wasn't such a clear concept of who should be next in that period. It wasn't quite the Polish elected monarchy, but it wasn't far off. If you could stake a claim and… (View Post)

He's still got really good hair, however. That's in his favour. Rayner would be better at politics. However, this would be outweighed by her being even worse at governing. I think it would … (View Post)

But England was pretty well off before 1066. It could well have become top dog anyway. (View Post)

There are lurid rumours that China's true population is actually considerably smaller - 1.1bn? 900m? 700m? Lower? I don't know how much credibility to give these, but we know the Chinese a)… (View Post)