Really?! If I'm not missing sarcasm here, that's the strangest thing I've heard on here for months. I did like minidisc. Tape, only better. For a brief window, they did their job bette… (View Post)

It was a more easygoing age. I was a regular at a pub at 16. It was probably a different sort of pub, but still. I'm a big supporter of underage drinking in pubs. Let 16 year olds learn adulting… (View Post)

Well yes. If we're to get old-fashioned about it, it's to do with how big the state should be, how much the state should be spending, with less=right, more=left and centrist somewhere in th… (View Post)

But do they not let them out when they're not in them? Do they just leave them empty? That's madness. Granted you can't get the same money from a holiday let in winter and spring, but … (View Post)

There was quite a stark picture of England during the heatwave last summer - the south (and parts of Yorkshire and the NE) were parched a most unEnglish shade of yellowy brown. Deathly and eerie. The… (View Post)