HYUFD's narrative seems to be that it was largely those areas whuch remained Tory in tge 70s and early 80s whuch retained grammar schools, and that by and large these were wealthier areas. I don… (View Post)

Today I have fulfilled a long-held wish and seen a murmuration of starlings. I hadn't even gone looking for one. We spent the last day of (my) Christmas break in Blackpool; first the zoo, then t… (View Post)

Yes, I sympathise with kids of today, for whom underage drinking appears to have been made prohibitively difficult. And I agree there seems a lot less casual violence nowadays. This may just be a pro… (View Post)

I remember visiting the communism museum in Prague, and being quite taken aback by their unequivocal attitude to communism (i.e. that it was bad). Made me wonder why we're so reluctant to be sim… (View Post)

But really, this is just how real life works. The world requires us quite often to interact with people with whom we disagreeon certain matters. As a culture, we used to be quite good at not dwelling… (View Post)