He's second favourite because lost of gamblers on politics vote on 'it should be him because he's best', not understanding that being best is only one of a number of factors leadi… (View Post)

I've never really had the opportunity for solo travel. But isn't part of the joy of it that should you find your companions dull you needn't spend any time with them? (View Post)

I walked out of Bambi aged about that. Not because it was stupid, just because it was sad. In fact, I had form for absenting myself from immersion in fiction I found stressful. At infant school, I wo… (View Post)

Beautifully put. I've another seam: childhood holidays, which up to the age of 5 were all on the Isle of Arran. Walking up to the hill after tea to put a stone on the cairn with my Dad, in match… (View Post)

Just Grandstand in general. I have a memory from infant school days of a late score announced between Manchester United and Manchester City, and for some time afterwards thinking they were the only t… (View Post)