The hard men in NI were at least operating within the same frame of reference as the rest of humanity. Even the IRA's maddest never suggested that all Protestants should be killed. No-one was pr… (View Post)

It's hard to see how a hot civil war would work. America is divided by politics but not be geography. Even the reddest states are 25% blue, and vice versa. (View Post)

Men, in my experience, don't tend to think of pudding as in any way transgressive. But they do often think of it as not-particularly masculine. Back in my 20s, when all day drinking in all male … (View Post)

There's no inherent reason why blends should be worse than single malts. What they usually are, of course, is cheaper. And therefore more cheaply produced. And therefore, usually, of a lower qua… (View Post)

I've just looked them both up on Wikipedia. There is a charming euphemism on Finn Russell's page: at school, Russell "did not feel drawn to academic work". I can imagine his teach… (View Post)