Alas, whatever genetic material I inherited from him was not that which determined artistic ability. (View Post)

Velazquez is my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great*-grandfather. *May not be the right number of greats. (View Post)

I had always thought I was fairly close to the middle of the bell curve with my opinions on cats and dogs. But it turns out actually the middle of the bell curve is wildly more pro-dog than I am, and… (View Post)

The comedian Dave Gorman did a really good piece on the move from a generation ago - when the choice was good cheap tea or bad expensive coffee - to now, when tastes for coffee have got more discerni… (View Post)

The inability of Europeans and Americans to make a decent cup of tea is baffling. It's not hard. (View Post)